Hehe......... A former Nigerian English teacher found guilty of
attempting to retail methamphetamine and sentenced to 18 years in jail
has won his appeal to get the term shortened by one year in southern
Vietnam, according to a court verdict.
An appellate court in Ho Chi Minh City cut the jail term
for Izundu Lotanna Chukwudi, 42, after a hearing Tuesday, May 23,
citing limited consequence of the illegal trade. (He is pictured in
Court yesterday)
The previous verdict handed last September said Chukwudi
came to Ho Chi Minh City to work as an English teacher at
American-Vietnam International Language School in 2008 and met a fellow
Nigerian called Bruno in 2013, who persuaded him to sell drugs for some
extra income.
In January 2014, Bruno gave Chukwudi 400 grams (0.88 lb) of
methamphetamine and asked him to sell for at least $2,800 per 100
grams. A month later Chukwudi was busted in the city's backpacker area
as he was trying to sell the drugs to a Vietnamese for up to $4,000.
Vietnam has some of the world’s toughest drug laws. Those
convicted of possessing or smuggling more than 600 grams of heroin or
more than 2.5kg of methamphetamine face the death penalty.
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Source: VNExpress
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