Clemency sought for death row Aussie -Vietnam/Capital Punishment
20/3/08
The Federal Government will seek clemency for an Australian woman convicted of heroin trafficking who has been ordered to face a firing squad in Vietnam Sydney woman Jasmine Luong had been seeking to reduce the life sentence she was handed by a lower court in December. But judges at the Court of Appeals in Ho Chi Minh City instead accepted that she should face the firing squad for trying to smuggle 1.55kg of heroin into Australia. Luong, an Australian of Vietnamese descent, was arrested at Ho Chi Minh City’s international airport as she tried to board a flight to Australia on February 13 last year. Customs officials said they found the heroin in her shoes and luggage. The Government plans to strongly support any appeal for clemency.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23406750-26103,00.html