MALAYSIA: KENYAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

May 28, 2017:

A Kenyan woman was sentenced to death by a Malaysian court after she was found guilty of trafficking in methamphetamine four years ago.
According to Malaysian Daily Express, Rose Achieng Ojala had stuffed three capsules of the drug into her private parts and swallowed another 68 capsules, all weighing about 400gm.
She was arrested on November 30, 2013 at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport after arriving from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The mother of three, who allegedly suffered from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), had fainted before the proceedings and had to be taken into the court room in a wheelchair.
On the day she was arrested, an Immigration officer noticed that she was behaving suspiciously during the regular luggage inspection.
Upon searching her, three capsules of methamphetamine weighing more than 20g were found in her underwear.
She admitted that her boyfriend had stuffed the capsules into her private parts before she boarded the flight.
The woman, who claimed she was pregnant, was later taken to the Serdang Hospital, where an x-ray examination revealed that she had swallowed 68 capsules of the drug weighing more than 380gm.
In convicting Ojala, the judge said the prosecution had proved the case beyond reasonable doubt.
"You are found guilty and there is no other punishment under Section 39(B) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1962 except the death sentence," he said.
Ojala was also sentenced to three years' jail for possessing 20.7g of methamphetamine in her underwear.
She was a single mother of children aged between 4 and 15.