Malaysian court sentence Kenyan woman to death for drug trafficking

Malaysian police officer wheel a Kenyan, Rose Achieng Ojala to the courthouse in Kuala Lampur.

NAIROBI—A Kenyan woman was found guilty of drug trafficking in methamphetamine four years ago and sentenced to death by a Malaysian court on Sunday last week.

Malaysian Daily Express reported that Rose Ochieng Ojala had loaded three capsules of the drug she was accused of trafficking into her private parts and swallowed another 68 capsules which all weighed 400gm.

She was arrested on  November 30, 2013 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport after arriving from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

she was a mother of three children who allegedly suffered from human immune virus (HIV).

Her health condition led to her collapsing before the proceedings and had to be taken into the court room in a wheelchair.

On the day she was arrested, an immigration officer noticed that she was  acting strangely during the normal luggage inspection and searched her upon which 3 capsules of methamphetamine weighing more than 20g were found in her underwear.

She later admitted that her boyfriend had stuffed the capsules into the private parts before  she boarded the flight.

Rose had  claimed that she was pregnant and was later taken to the Serdang Hospital, where an x-ray examination revealed that she had swallowed 68 capsules of drug weighing more than 380gm

“The prosecution has proved the case beyond reasonable doubt,”said the judge during her conviction.

“You are found guilty and there is no other punishment under section 39(B) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1962 except the death sentence,” he said.

Rose Achieng Ojala was also sentenced to three years’ jail for possessing 20.7g of methamphetamine in her under wears.

she was a single mother of children aged between 4 to 15.

The Star contributed to this report.