Australian woman Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto (C) is escorted by Malaysian customs officials as she arrives at the Magistrate Court in Sepang on March 26, 2015. The case of an Australian woman facing a possible death sentence for drug trafficking in Malaysia was delayed again on March 26, with a lawyer describing the defendant as frustrated with the repeated postponements. AFP PHOTO
Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto, a 52-year-old mother of four, was arrested on December 7 at Kuala Lumpur airport with 1.1 kilograms (2.4 pounds) of the drug, also known as ice, court documents showed.
Prosecutor Hasifulkhair Jamaluddin told the magistrate’s court that Exposto had been trafficking methamphetamine based on the chemist’s report.
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