The court said there was little doubt Moses Chinedu Nwosu,
50, was guilty of the crime — punishable with death by hanging — after the
drugs were seized from him on the night of March 25 last year, Bernama news
agency said.
The accused testified
the drugs carried in a black bag belonged to another man he was travelling with
from the Thai border to the northern Malaysian town of Alor Setar, Bernama said
citing the judgment.
“However, according
to a witness, Moses was seen carrying the black bag… and its key was found in
his pocket,” the judge said.
An Australian nurse
and Nigerian man were also charged with trafficking drugs last month, a case
which has attracted media attention worldwide.
Since 1960, more than
440 people have been executed in Malaysia, including two Australians sentenced
to death in 1986 for heroin trafficking — the first Westerners to be executed
under tough anti-drug laws.
It remains to be seen if Nigerian authorities will rise to
the aid of the Nigerian, following the stern warning the senate president,
David Mark gave sometime ago that any Nigerian caught infringing the laws of
another country would be left to face the music.
As harsh as that may sound, I am with him. If you knew the
penalty and still dared them, calmly bear the brunt.
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