A Vietnamese court of appeals has handed down death sentence to an Australian Vietnamese man for drug smuggling, instead of life imprisonment one passed by the court of first instance, local newspaper Saigon Liberation reported Wednesday.
The Supreme People's Court in southern Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday gave the penalty to the 34-year-old man named Luong Jasmine, who was hired to transport heroin from Vietnam to Australia to tune of 16,000 U.S. dollars.
Jasmine was arrested in February in 2007 when completing procedures for his departure to Australia at the International TanSon Nhat Airport in the city.
Under Vietnam's laws, anyone possessing, trading or trafficking heroin of 600 grams or above can be sentenced to death or life in prison.
Source:Xinhua
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