Labourer sent to the gallows


Death row bound: Teoh being led out of court after he was sentenced to death by the Penang High Court in George Town

GEORGE TOWN: A former renovation worker was sent to the gallows by the High Court here for trafficking in more than 34kg of methamphetamine four years ago.

Teoh Keat Keong, 30, nodded when the court interpreter translated the decision by Judicial Commis­sioner Wong Teck Meng to him in Hokkien.

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