{"id":358,"date":"2015-05-01T13:52:09","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T13:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/?p=358"},"modified":"2015-05-03T13:59:42","modified_gmt":"2015-05-03T13:59:42","slug":"australian-woman-facing-death-penalty-appears-in-malaysian-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/?p=358","title":{"rendered":"Australian woman facing death penalty appears in Malaysian court."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/ausi-hang.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/ausi-hang-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"MALAYSIA AUSTRALIA DRUG CRIME\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-359\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/ausi-hang-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/ausi-hang-200x113.jpg 200w, http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/ausi-hang.jpg 704w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>An Australian woman has appeared in a magistrate&#8217;s court in Malaysia accused of drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto, 52, was allegedly caught with 1.1 kilograms of methamphetamine at Kuala Lumpur airport in December 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The mother-of-four appeared in court yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said a chemist&#8217;s report confirmed the substance she had been carrying was crystal methamphetamine, also known as ice.<\/p>\n<p>Magistrate Noor Hafizah Salim ordered the case go to the High Court, AFP reports.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Exposto\u2019s defence team will enter a plea when the case reaches the High Court.<\/p>\n<p>Carrying more than 50 grams of a drug carries a possible death penalty under Malaysian law.<br \/>\nSource: SBS, AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Australian woman has appeared in a 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