A 21-year-old Thai masseuse was sentenced to death...

A 21-year-old Thai masseuse was sentenced to death for smuggling 600 grams of heroin from Thailand into Indonesia in September 2001.
Judge Prim Haryadi said that the defendant, Nonthanam M. Saichon had been proven guilty of smuggling the drugs through Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. He said the court could see no mitigating circumstances, especially as drug trafficking was endangering the nation.
The death penalty was unexpected as prosecutor Harun Harahap had earlier asked the court to impose a life sentence. Clad in a long-sleeved white shirt and dark pants, the sallow complexioned, short haired defendant sat with her head bowed during the trial. When the panel of judges asked whether she accepted the sentence or would appeal, she merely shook her head.
"I don't understand," said Nonthanam, who could not speak English well and did not speak Indonesian.
The verdict was delivered in Indonesian and later interpreted into English.
Outside the courtroom the defendant cried after an official from the Thai Embassy told her about the verdict. The court gave the defendant one week to consider whether or not to appeal.
Since 2000, the Tangerang district court has sentenced 16 drug smugglers to death, comprising five Nepalese, four Nigerians, four Indonesians, a Pakistani, a Malawian and a Zimbabwean.