Freedom in the sun: Malaysian cleared of drug charges flies home


SINGAPORE (Bernama): "The trip to the airport was metaphoric. I picked him up in darkness. He left me to cross Customs as the sun was rising. New day. New life.”

So remarked Wong Siew Hong, the lawyer who represented Malaysian Beh Chew Boo (pic), 38, who was acquitted of all five charges of bringing drugs to Singapore, escaped the gallows and returning to Malaysia a free man.

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