Alleged drug mules face death penalty


SEPANG: Two teenage boys and four men have been hauled up to the Sessions Court here for attempting to smuggle about 10kg of methamphetamine to South Korea earlier this month.

The six – Lim Zheng Qiang, 19, Yen Tai Xiang, 19, Joon Zheng Han, 22, Yap Fook Chen, 25, Loh Wei Rhy, 27, and Mak Kwong Ming, 41 – were charged yesterday with drug trafficking under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act.

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