MALAYSIA: DRUG MULE'S DEATH VERDICT AFFIRMED BY SUPREME COURT
January 28, 2010: the Malaysian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of Filipino Nelson Tanoja, 55, for smuggling 508.6 grams of cocaine at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on August 22, 2002. The Federal Court in Putrajaya affirmed the guilty verdict originally meted by a lower court. (Sources: Philippine Daily Inquirer, 28/01/2010)
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