Kenyan gets 15 years<\/p>\n
MEDAN, North Sumatra: The Medan District Court sentenced
\nJoseph Karanja Kamau, a 32-year-old Kenya citizen, to 15 years in
\nprison after he was found guilty of trafficking 73 capsules of
\nheroin weighing 800.15 grams.<\/p>\n
The verdict, which was read out by presiding judge Anwar
\nZahri, was more lenient than the prosecutor's demand of the death
\npenalty.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Mardiana Sianturi filed an appeal.<\/p>\n
The defendant expressed his relief upon hearing the verdict.
\nHis lawyer, Zuhdi Lubis, said that his client was happy not to
\nhave received the death penalty.<\/p>\n
Kamau was arrested by customs and excise officers at Polonia
\nMedan airport on Oct. 22, 2002. It was found that he had
\nswallowed 73 capsules containing heroin.<\/p>\n
He claimed that the heroin belonged to his friend Ahmad in
\nQatar. He was only told to carry the drugs to Medan and hand them
\nover to someone for US$10,000. -- JP<\/p>",
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