MALAYSIA: HIGH COURT SENTENCES GERMAN TO DEATH FOR DRUGS

September 13, 2013: In Malaysia, a high court outside the capital Kuala Lumpur found Bebou Akpo Bouraima guilty of trafficking, which carries the mandatory death penalty by hanging, his lawyer Karpal Singh said.
The German, who is of Togolese descent and is reportedly 40 years old, was found guilty of smuggling 1.5 kilogrammes (3.3 pounds) of methamphetamine at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in 2011, he said.
"She (the judge) didn't believe his story... that his bag was intended for his girlfriend," Karpal told AFP, adding the defence would appeal the ruling.
Anyone with at least 50 grammes of the drug is considered a trafficker in the Muslim-majority Southeast Asian country. (Sources: Agence France-Presse, 13/09/2013)