MALAYSIA. DEATH FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS

October 10, 2008: the Malaysian High Court sentenced a 61 year old senior citizen to death after finding him guilty of trafficking in 1,558g of ketamine at 7.30am on Dec 3, 2006.
The security guard was boarding a plane to Shenzen when he was caught with drugs hidden in his underwear with a high waist female undergarment over it.
Jun Lam Chin Swee Kong was caught by officers at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport as he was passing through the metal detector. Judge Datuk Syed Ahmad Helmy Syed Ahmad said the defence had failed to rebut the prosecution's case. During the trial, Jun Lam said he was helping a friend to take the drugs, which he had believed were traditional herbs, to China. He said he hid the herbs to avoid paying tax. (Sources: New Straits Times, 11/10/2008)