Thursday, January 19, 2012

Filipino Gets 15 Years Jail In Cambodia For Drug Trafficking

PHNOM PENH, Jan 19 (Bernama) -- A Filipino woman found in possession of 72 grams of cocaine was sentenced to 15 years in jail and fined US$7,500 on Thursday by a Cambodian court, according to China's Xinhua news agency.

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court found Cadalso Vilma Cristales, 42, guilty for cross-border drug trafficking under the new article 32.2 of the amended drug control law.

She was arrested last May at the Phnom Penh International Airport upon arriving in Cambodia.

Judge Sin Visal said that Cristales has one month to appeal against the verdict.

The death penalty was abolished in Cambodia in 1989.

-- BERNAMA

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