Nigerian man studying in Malaysia, Anthony Esikalam Ndidi is currently facing death by hanging in Malaysia. Anthony Esikalam Ndidi was charged with Emma Louise L’Aiguille, in a Kuala Lumpur court two weeks after police said they were arrested in possession of one kilogramme of the banned drug.full details inside
Drug trafficking carries a mandatory death sentence by hanging in Malaysia, where hundreds of people are on death row, mostly for drug offences.
Emma Louise L'aiguille, a 34-year-old nurse from Melbourne, who was also arrested on July 17 with the Nigerian man in a car allegedly containing about 1kg of methamphetamines.
L’aiguille appeared in Kuala Lumpur’s Jalan Duta Magistrates Court yesterday august 1st, charged under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act, which carries a mandatory death sentence for possession of more than 50g of illicit drugs.
A Perth man, Dominic Jude Christopher Bird, is on trial for his life after being arrested by undercover police officers in Kuala Lumpur on March 1.
Prosecutors allege 32-year-old Bird was arrested trying to sell officers a substance containing167g of methamphetamine.
Malaysia’s New Straits Times, quoting police sources, reported today that L’Aiguille was a frequent visitor to Malaysia since 2009.
The newspaper said she was staying in a house in Puchong, a southern Kuala Lumpur area, at the time of her arrest.
Her companion claimed to be a language student.
According to details released by police at the weekend, the pair were in parked car in downtown Kuala Lumpur, allegedly waiting for another person when police searched their vehicle.
The New Straits Times reported the woman had tested positive for methamphetamine in her body.
Three Australians have been executed by Malaysia for trafficking heroin.
Kevin Barlow and Brian Chambers were hanged in 1986, a punishment which then prime minister Bob Hawke called “barbaric” and which contributed to a severe and long-running deterioration of political relations between the countries.
Sydney man Michael McAuliffe was executed in mid-1993 after eight years in prison.
Drug trafficking offence is unpardonable in Malaysia as it carries mandatory death sentence by hanging.Their next court date has been scheduled for Oct 1st, 2012
Hundreds of people have been executed in Malaysia, including two Australians put to death in 1986 for heroin trafficking that made headlines as they were the first Westerners to be executed under tough new anti-drug laws.
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