ZAMBIAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IN MALAYSIA

Malaysia's High Court sentenced a Zambian national to death by hanging after he was found guilty of attempting to bring almost 160 grams of drugs into the country in 2006. The police said Emmanuel, 31, passed 37 rubber capsules containing heroin and monoacetylmorphine while in custody after he was arrested at Penang International Airport in northern Malaysia in October 2006.