Mariko Takeuchi, a Japanese woman facing the death sentence for trafficking drugs into Malaysia, claims she was duped by a Middle Eastern man into delivering what she thought were "books" to the country.
Even if she is innocent, she must be one stone dumb woman.
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Japanese held for drug smuggling in Malaysia claims she was duped
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Japan too cold for German drug smuggler
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A 25-year-old German woman who was convicted in Japan of drug smuggling has been sent to Germany to serve out the rest of her prison term, and is seeking parole, her lawyer said Monday.
Andreas Kost said she had learned Japanese while serving four and half years of a seven-year sentence, but had found the Japanese jail, where the heating was kept low to save costs, too cold.
