KANGAR (BERNAMA) – A Thai woman was charged at the Malaysia’s Magistrate’s Court yesterday with trafficking over five kilogrammes of drugs last month.
No plea was recorded when the charge against Aunchan Houbjoo, 30, who hails from Bangkok, was read out before Magistrate Nurshahida Abdul Rahim.
She was charged with trafficking 5.252 kilogrammes of heroin at the Special Passenger Inspection Unit, Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security Complex (ICQS) Padang Besar, at 6.40pm on August 28.
The charge, under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, is punishable under Section 39B(2) of the same act.
If convicted, she could be sentenced to death or imprisonment for life with not less than 12 strokes of the rotan.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Tengku Ruqayyah Tengku Shahrom prosecuted. The court set November 20 for mention for the submission of the chemistry report.
