- A Kenyan woman identified by the name of Nduta has been sentenced to death in Vietnam for drug trafficking offense
- He was trapped at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport with more than 2 kilograms of medicine hidden in his bag
- Despite claiming not to know the drugs, the court found him guilty, with limited legal elections before being executed
A Kenyan woman has been sentenced to death in Vietnam, a country known for strict drug laws.
Source: UGC
The woman identified by the name of Macharia Margaret Nduta was found guilty of transporting more than 2 kilograms of drugs to the country. The Vietnam Authority arrested him at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in Ho Chi Minh, one of the most busy transit equipment in Vietnam.
Why was a Kenyan woman sentenced to death in Vietnam?
Vn Express reports that Nduta, 37, had been employed by a man in Kenya to transport a jacket to Laos, a country in southeast Asia. He was instructed to send luggage to a woman in Laos and return with an unnamed 'goods'.
For his role in the operation, he was paid $ 1,300 (equivalent to approximately KSh 167,000). In addition, the man who hired him paid for all his travel costs, including airline tickets.
According to the indictment, Nduta began his journey on July 7, 2023, passing through many countries before arriving in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on July 14, 2023.
As a result of the delay in his flight, staff at Tan Son Nhat airport advised him to complete the immigration procedures so that they could help him resume the trip to Laos.
However, during a regular security inspection at the airport, customs officers discovered more than 2 kg of drugs hidden in his jacket.
When he was brought to court, Nduta insisted that he did not know the presence of drugs in the luggage. He held that he only agreed to transport the jacket as instructed, believing it had legal items.
The prosecutors however dismissed his allegations, saying his defense was an attempt to avoid being responsible. They emphasized that people found with large amounts of drugs must be fully held accountable under the laws of Vietnam.
Source: UGC
What does the law of Vietnam say about the death penalty?
On Thursday, March 6, the Ho Chi Minh People's Court sentenced Nduta's death, strengthening Vietnam's policy of not tolerating drug -related offenses.
Under the legal system of the country, people found guilty of drug trafficking face some of the most severe penalties in the world, including prolonged imprisonment or death penalty, depending on the magnitude of the crime.
After the death sentence was released in Vietnam, the legal system provides a detailed review process before being implemented.
Typically, cases are first investigated by the High Court of the People and the General Administration, which has up to two months to evaluate any unique appeal.
Again, a convicted person has seven days to ask the president of the nation to pity him. When these efforts are unsuccessful, the implementation has been coordinated, although the schedule of events varies depending on the legal issues and the specific information of the case.
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In an related story, in March 2024, Joseph Irungu, a famous Jowie, was sentenced to death by the Nairobi court for killing businessman Monica Kimani.
After five years of legal disputes, justice was finally given to the Monica Kimani family when Jowie was found guilty on February 9, with a fellow defendant, Jacque Maribebeing charged.
Kimani, who had returned from a professional trip to Juba, Sudan, was found killed in his Nairobi home in September 2018, with judicial evidence involving Jowie and the criminal area.
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