Death penalty for heroin trio
Gardener Kwok Weng Fatt, 62, labourer Abdul Rahman Lee Abdullah, 54, and housewife Nurul Jannah Seng Abdullah, 47, were arrested at the Penang International Airport en route to Australia in January 2005.
The three, who did not know each other, told the High Court they had met three different people who asked them to swallow rubbery tubes to be taken to Australia, media reports say.
They said they believed the tubes contained just medicine.
Kwok was paid RM180 ($A58) for each of 84 tubes he swallowed, Abdul Rahman was paid RM160 for each of the 68 tubes he swallowed, while Nurul Jannah was paid RM150 for each of the 81 tubes she swallowed.
Judge Datuk Zamani Abdul Rahim rejected their defence and sentenced them to hang, the newstraitstimes online reports.
The ABC says they plan to appeal.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news...-1226147530507
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