JAKARTA: A Malaysian man was sentenced to death after the panel of judges of Pekanbaru District Court on Tuesday found him guilty of trafficking drugs, the local media reported today.
Ng Hai Kuan, also known as Jimmy, 55, was arrested by the Indonesian authority with 46.5kg of crystal methamphetamine worth Rp 180 billion (approximately RM44 million).
Presiding Judge Amin Ismanto decided that Ng was guilty of owning the crystal methamphetamine, which was stored in 93 packages that were seized by the Riau Police at Hotel Parma in Pekanbaru on April 2. “The first class narcotics were obtained from a man identified only with the initials ABE, a Malacca resident in Malaysia.
The drugs were to be sent to ABE’s friend in Palembang, South Sumatra,” Amin was quoted by the newspaper. A number of witnesses testified in previous hearings that the drugs were taken in two travel bags that were smuggled through a small port in Dumai town and transported in a speedboat. The key to the two travel bags were said to have been sent by ABE to the buyer in Palembang. Amin said that Ng had violated Articles 113 and 132 of Law No. 35/2009 on narcotics in Indonesia. Indonesia has extremely strict drug laws and the new government has a firm commitment to fight drug-related crimes.
