TWO MALAYSIANS SENTENCE TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

By Zakaria Abdul Wahab

SINGAPORE, Feb 5 (Bernama) -- Two Malaysians, including a woman, were sentenced to death Thursday for drug trafficking.

Pang Siew Fum, 54 and Cheong Chun Yin, 26, were arrested by the city-state's
Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officers on June 16, 2008 after they were found
to be trafficking a total of 7.7kg of diamorphine.

Local media reported today that Cheong arrived at Changi Airport on a
SilkAir flight from Myanmar carrying a black trolley luggage bag.

He later met Pang at Terminal 2 and handed her the bag in the carpark before
he left in a taxi while Pang drove to Toa Payoh.

CNB officers who had been tailing the pair subsequently arrested them.

About 2.7kg of diamorphine was found in the black bag, and at Pang's house,
officers found another two luggage bags containing about 5kg of diamorphine.

Pang claimed she thought the bag from Cheong contained precious stones and
Buddha pendants, while Cheong claimed he thought the bags held gold bars.
-- BERNAMA