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Malaysia: Drug trafficker reprieved one day before execution

Malaysia Star

Saturday 16 May 2015

JUST a day before he was set to be hanged for trafficking 2.6kg of cannabis, Ghanaian Chijioke Stephen Obioha agreed to a last-minute reprieve.

The 38-year-old, who was set to be executed yesterday after being on death row for more than six years, finally said yes to being considered for re-sentencing.

After changes to the mandatory death penalty came into effect in 2013, judges can impose a life sentence for drug couriers who satisfy certain criteria.

The Court of Appeal yesterday gave him a month to file the application. “I changed my mind because I want to live,” said the burly man.

In the past, he had repeatedly rejected the re-sentencing option, claiming it amounted to accepting that his conviction was correct.

Obioha, who said he came here in 2005 to try out for a football club, was arrested in April 2007 by anti-narcotics officers who found 14 blocks of vegetable matter in the bag he had with him.

Officers escorted him to his rental flat and found another 14 blocks. — The Straits Times / Asia News Network

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Regional/2015/05/16/Drug-trafficker-reprieved-one-day-before-execution/

 

 

 

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