The
Malaysian National News Agency reports that,
Luke Nnaemeka Ugwu - A 29-year-old Nigerian student at a private college in Malaysia, has been sentenced to death by hanging by a Malaysian High Court for drug trafficking. Emeka was caught at the
Kuala Lumpur International Airport arrival hall in Sepang at 9.45p.m. on May 15, 2012. He was found guilty of trafficking 725.4gm of methamphetamine at Court Shah Alam on Friday
Two other Nigerian students
Obdiegwu Chinwuba Sigismund, 29, escaped the death penalty after one of them,
Onyeme Chibunna Okechukwu, 31, pleaded guilty to an alternative charge of drug possession. He was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane. On the other hand, Obdiegwu was acquitted.
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