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Jul 22, 2011
Drug mule who was spared noose jailed for 18 years
HE WAS willing to smuggle in potentially harmful Class A drugs, but Khor Soon Lee valued his own life.
The Malaysian drew the line at trafficking heroin because he knew it can carry the death penalty.
Despite his precautions, he was caught smuggling it and sentenced to hang.
However, Khor was later spared the gallows when he successfully argued that he did not know his stash included the drug.
Yesterday, the 36-year-old was sentenced to 18 years in jail and eight strokes of the cane after the charge was reduced to attempting to import Class A drugs other than heroin.
Khor was arrested at the Woodlands checkpoint on Aug 9, 2008.
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
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