28 October,2016 10:54 AM IST | | Agencies
A 41-year-old Indian woman, reportedly a beauty parlour owner in Delhi, has been sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for trafficking 1.6 kg of drugs
Kuala Lumpur: A 41-year-old Indian woman, reportedly a beauty parlour owner in Delhi, has been sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for trafficking 1.6 kg of drugs.
Sangeeta Sharma Brahmacharimayum was found guilty of trafficking in 1,637.1 g of methamphetamine on October 7, 2013, at the Penang International Airport. She was charged under the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1952, which carries a mandatory death sentence on conviction.
Sangeeta, who appeared subdued when the decision was conveyed to her by a court interpreter in George Town, Penang State, broke down later, the Star Online reported.
Judicial Commissioner Azmi Ariffin ruled that the prosecution had succeeded in proving its case beyond reasonable doubt.
He said that he found Sangeeta, the former sister-in-law of a senior police officer, had knowledge of the drug in the suitcase she was carrying and, hence, was not an "innocent carrier" as was raised in her defence, the report said.
