A Malaysian woman and a man got handed the death sentence today for drug trafficking in Singapore. Cheong Chun Yin (26) and Pang Siew Fum (54) were arrested by the Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officers on June 16, 2008 after they were found to be trafficking a total of 7.7kg of diamorphine.
Singapore media reported that Cheong arrived at Changi Airport on a SilkAir flight from Myanmar carrying a black trolley luggage bag. Later he met Pang at the terminal 2 and handed her the bag in the carpark before he left in a taxi. Pang drove off to Toa Payoh.
CNB officers, who had been tailing the pair, subsequently arrested them. Around 2.7kg of diamorphine was found in the black bag. Officers found another two luggage bags containing about 5kg of diamorphine at Pang’s house. Pang claimed that she thought the bag from Cheong contained precious stones and Buddha pendants, while Cheong claimed he thought the bags held gold bars. Didn’t help much it seems…
