China woman gets death for trafficking
Published on: Tuesday, December 01, 2015
Kota Kinabalu: A 35-year-old woman from China was sentenced to death by the High Court here on Monday for trafficking 336gm of syabu.Lan Yi Ling from Guangdong, Shenzhen, was found guilty and convicted of committing the offence at 6.30pm on Aug 17, 2014 at the International Arrival Hall in Terminal 1 of the Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA), here.Judge Datuk Nurchaya Haji Arshad in delivering her decision, ruled that the court found the prosecution had proven its case beyond reasonable doubt.
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Lan broke down on hearing the court decision interpreted to her in Mandarin by the court's interpreter.The offence under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries the death penalty on conviction.Lan, who was ordered to enter her defence on Oct 22 had opted to give her evidence under oath.On Nov 2, Lan, who was the sole witness in her defence, told the court that she was asked to bring samples of women's clothing and accessories by an African man, who she had befriended on the Internet, to be delivered to his elder brother in Kuala Lumpur.
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However, Lan claimed that while on board a flight, she was shocked to learn that the flight would transit in Kota Kinabalu.As she was not familiar with the city, she had asked an air stewardess to assist her.
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Lan testified that she disembarked from the flight to get a connecting flight to Kuala Lumpur.She however, was detained by the authority here after the syabu was found in a box that was scanned.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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