INDONESIAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MALAYSIA

an Indonesian national from Aceh province was sentenced to death by the Shah Alam high court in Selangor, Malaysia, after being found guilty of drug dealing. "Presiding Judge Zahara handed down the sentence on Muhyidin, 25," Saiful Aiman, the court's interpreter for the Indonesian language, said. Muhyidin was arrested by police outside a factory, Hong Brother Holding, in Selangor on July 23, 2004. He was in possession of 441 grams of ganja. Data from the Indonesian embassy show that there are about 250 Indonesians, most of them involved in drug cases and coming from Aceh, who are facing the gallows in Malaysia.