INDONESIA: MALAYSIAN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG SMUGGLING

The Pekanbaru district court sentenced a Malaysian to death for smuggling 46.5 kilograms of methamphetamine via the port of Dumai into the country.
Police arrested Ng Hai Kwan alis Jimmy (50) together with two women identified as Y and TSN from his hotel room in April and seized 46.5 kg of the drug worth Rp180 billion on the street.
"The court found the suspect guilty and decided to punish him with death sentence," presiding judge Amin Ismanto read the verdict.
The sentence was as demanded by the prosecutor last week. The lawyer of the convict said they would appeal the verdict.
The two women Y and ISN were later released by police as they were found to be not involved in the smuggling.
Jimmy told the court that he was only a courier carrying the drug from Malaysia to Indonesia via Dumai with a payment of Rp5,000 Malaysian ringgit.