MALAYSIA APPEALS TO CHINA FOR CLEMENCY

the Malaysian Foreign Ministry sent a clemency appeal for Malaysian Ong Kim Fatt who is on death row in China for drug trafficking, said its Deputy Minister Datuk Lee Chee Leong. He added that the Malaysian Embassy there has also been appealing to the Chinese court regarding this matter. Ong, 44, was found guilty of trafficking 13 packets of heroin weighing 1,480gm at the Xiamen Gao Qi International Airport on Sept 19, 2007. Ong’s execution was postponed to April 29.