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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·NOVEMBER 8, 2001
Pakistan

A Pakistani is facing a possible death sentence for...

A Pakistani is facing a possible death sentence for allegedly smuggling 1,050 grams of heroin from Pakistan into the country in June

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A Pakistani is facing a possible death sentence for allegedly smuggling 1,050 grams of heroin from Pakistan into the country in June.
Prosecutor Ferry Silalahi asked the Tangerang District Court to sentence Mohammad Abdul Hafeez, 32, to death as he had been proven guilty of illegally taking the drugs from Karachi to Jakarta on June 26.
"The death sentence should be imposed on him as there were no mitigating factors to forgive him," Ferry told the court.
The defendant just bowed his head as the prosecutor read out his demands, which ran to 15 pages.
"I accept the prosecutor's charges and demands because I realize that I am guilty. It is up to the panel of judges to decide whether they will impose the death sentence or a life sentence for me. But I have a wife and a 16-month old baby. Who will feed them if I am dead?" he told The Jakarta Post.
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  • (Sources: Jakarta Post, 08/11/2001)