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A MALAYSIAN court on Sunday sentenced a Nigerian man to death after convicting him of trafficking more than 14 kilos of marijuana over the land border with Thailand.

        

 

The news comes as Australian nurse, Emma Louise L'aiguille, 34, also faces drugs charges in Malaysia after allegedly being found with just over 1kg of methamphetamine. If found guilty she too could face the death penalty.
In handing down its verdict in the case of Nigerian man Moses Chinedu Nwosu, 50, the court said there was little doubt he had committed the crime.
The accused testified that the drugs carried in a black bag belonged to another man he was travelling with from the Thai border to the northern Malaysian town of Alor Setar in March.
"However, according to a witness, Moses was seen carrying the black bag... and its key was found in his pocket," the judge said.
The man's lawyer could not be reached for comment.
The court decision is the latest in a clampdown by Malaysian authorities on alleged foreign drug traffickers.
A Kuala Lumpur court charged 10 Iranians, an Uzbek and a local with trafficking methamphetamine last week.
Since 1960, more than 440 people have been executed in Malaysia, including two Australians sentenced to death in 1986 for heroin trafficking - the first Westerners to be executed under tough anti-drug laws.
-Herald Sun