Woman to hang for drugs

SHAH ALAM: A Thai woman was teary-eyed when she was sentenced to death by the High Court yesterday for trafficking in drugs which were found in her stomach.

Judge Noor Azian Shaari sentenced Miss Raveeploy Sangkam, 28, a sales girl, to death after finding her guilty of trafficking in 765.9g of cocaine at the toilet of room number 28, wad 6B, Serdang Hospital in Sepang between 6.35pm on Nov 5 and 11.05pm on Nov 8, 2010.
It took Miss Raveeploy four days to discharge the drugs which were found in 83 pellets.

Noor Azian said Miss Raveeploy's defence of being on transit would not reduce the charge.

"Even though she has a ticket to another country (Bangkok), it is unreasonable to use it as a defence."

"If this were so, Malaysia would be a haven for drug traffickers," said Noor Azian.

In her own defence, Miss Raveeploy said she had befriended an Argentinian called "Rado" via the Internet and he had offered her US$5,000 to take the drugs from Buenos Aires to Bangkok.

She then flew to Buenos Aires and swallowed the 83 pellets before boarding the flight to Kuala Lumpur.