Aus - Get me out of jail: accused drug trafficker Emma L'Aiguille

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Aus - Get me out of jail: accused drug trafficker Emma L'Aiguille

ACCUSED Aussie drug trafficker Emma L'Aiguille, facing the death penalty in Malaysia, yesterday made a heart-wrenching plea for help to get out of jail.

The mum of six broke down when she was reunited with her sister for the first time since her arrest, pleading: "Get me out of here."

She crumbled in tears when younger sister Amber Lawn arrived at the Kajang Prison, about an hour's drive from Kuala Lumpur.

In a heartbreaking scene, the sisters pushed their hands up against a glass window covered in mesh wire and wept for two minutes - unable to speak.

Ms L'Aiguille, arrested on July 17 allegedly with 1kg of methamphetamine, then begged for her family not to give up on her and revealed her pain at the prospect of never coming home to Victoria.

"Get me out of here. I don't want to come back here on Monday (after a scheduled court appearance). I don't know how I'll cope if I'm sent back here," she told Ms Lawn.

Poll Results: Death penalty

Do you support the death penalty?

Yes
56.31%(406 votes)

No
43.69%(315 votes)


"I'm worried about how people are thinking of me. I'm really thankful for the support I'm getting from everyone in Australia."

Ms L'Aiguille, who has shed 30kg since being locked up, was wearing a purple prison uniform and had her hair tied in pigtails.

She was behind the wheel of her boyfriend's car, parked in one of Kuala Lumpur's busiest streets, when police allegedly discovered the drugs in the vehicle.

She will face court in Kuala Lumpur. Lawyers are battling to save her life as she faces mandatory death by hanging if found guilty.

Ms Lawn is the first family member to visit Ms L'Aigulle in jail.

"As soon as we saw each other, we just cried and Emma was very emotional. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be," Ms Lawn told the Herald Sun.

"I told her everyone has got her back and we are fighting for her. Emma really struggled to talk and cried for most of the time."

Ms L'Aiguille revealed for the first time why she went to Malaysia.

"I had to come to Malaysia for friends because I didn't think I had friends back at home," she told her sister.

"I'm sorry for everything."

The visit lasted about 40 minutes.

A sobbing Ms L'Aiguille put her hand on her mouth, waved goodbye and gave a quick thumbs-up as her sister left the visiting room, overcome with emotion and falling into the the arms of two friends.

With pics and a death penalty poll -

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...r-emma-laiguille/story-e6freuy9-1226481383704
 
i dont know, they are probably anti drugs or some shit and want to see her dead. I voted no.
 
The poll is for the Death Penalty in general. Not if they want her to live or die... that's absurd.


Honestly though, if your trafficking drugs in Malaysia, you know what can happen to you. She put up a major risk, and didn't get the reward... so I can't say she is undeserving of the same punishment that everyone else in that country gets, but I can't say that seeing someone put to death for something as stupid as drug laws makes me happy either.


It's a sad case overall, but it seems to me she is just pleading to not have to deal with the consequences of her actions... and I don't see any reason why she should be any better off than the normal Malaysian criminal who gets caught with a brick of meth.
 
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The poll is for the Death Penalty in general. Not if they want her to live or die... that's absurd.
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Yeah i know, but he/she asked what is wrong with people voting, and it's relative to drug dealing in this case and her life is on the line.

It's a sad case overall, but it seems to me she is just pleading to not have to deal with the consequences of her actions... and I don't see any reason why she should be any better off than the normal Malaysian criminal who gets caught with a brick of meth.
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Afaik or remember from previous articles on this lady she was just driving her BF and another guy she rekons and said she knew nothing of the meth in the car. Although you'd say that either way I guess.
 
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Im sure killing this girl will win the war on drugs, and finally send the message that doing drugs is WRONG. 8)
 
I'm sure she would have shared in the massive profits from the meth though. Personally I don't believe in the death penalty for any crime but I have no problems with Malaysia enforcing strict anti drug laws, even if this meant a long jail sentence. This women just comes across as yet another white foreign women who believes she should be treated differently than the locals.
 
Busty St Clare said:
Personally I don't believe in the death penalty for any crime but I have no problems with Malaysia enforcing strict anti drug laws, even if this meant a long jail sentence.
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The strict drug laws in South East Asia dont actually do anything. Since they started sentencing people to 99 years for drugs, has consumption dropped, has supply, purity, demand, disease, addiction, and other social ills decreased? Has it done anything? The answer is most likely no. The major drug lords probably get away with bribes aswell.
 
poledriver said:
Afaik or remember from previous articles on this lady she was just driving her BF and another guy she rekons and said she knew nothing of the meth in the car. Although you'd say that either way I guess.
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If she didn't actually do it, she would be kicking and screaming a LOT more IME... not just asking for them to "Get me out of here."

at least, that was my reasoning.

Busty St Clare said:
This women just comes across as yet another white foreign women who believes she should be treated differently than the locals.
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Exactly my point
 
Under Malaysian law there's a mandatory death penalty for possession of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
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L’Aiguille's Malaysian-based Australian lawyer, Tania Scivetti, said her client would maintain her innocence, and said the car was not hers and she did not know there were any drugs in it, despite being in the driver’s seat when arrested.

Ms Scievetti said her client, who had worked as an aged-care nurse in Perth before going to Malaysia, was suffering from depression and a chest infection, but was denied medical attention in custody.

She said Magistrate Tuan Erry Shahriman had ordered the police and Malaysia’s Director of Public Prosecutions to ensure her client received medical attention while in custody.
‘‘She’s severely depressed - she’s crying, she’s breaking down,’’ Ms Scivetti said.

‘‘She’s not in the right frame of mind right now.’’
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Emma Louise L'aiguille was arrested with Nigerian man Anthony Ndidi Esikalam, after a police sting in central Kuala Lumpur on July 17 allegedly found one kilogram of methamphetamine under the seat of their car.

Two other Nigerian men escaped and police are now believed to be looking for them.

One of the missing men is believed to be L'aiguille's partner.

L'aiguille and Esikalam fronted the Jalan Duta Magistrates Court in Kuala Lumpur today, where they were each tentatively charged with one count of joint drug trafficking.
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Malaysia has executed three Australians for drug offences.

Kevin Barlow and Brian Chambers were hanged in July 1986, followed by Michael McAuliffe in June 1993.
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From the July 31st article on the woman.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/n...g-trafficking-in-malaysia-20120731-23cgk.html
 
Portillo said:
The strict drug laws in South East Asia dont actually do anything. Since they started sentencing people to 99 years for drugs, has consumption dropped, has supply, purity, demand, disease, addiction, and other social ills decreased? Has it done anything? The answer is most likely no. The major drug lords probably get away with bribes aswell.
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You have obviously never traveled in SE Asia. Most locals are terrified of drugs and will run a mile from any tourist who asks about them. Sure there are some who take advantage of this and fill the void but compared to most Western countries there is nowhere near the same drug culture. many of these countries are poor with massive populations and simply don't have the resources to educate and process slap on the wrist fines. Indonesia is the perfect example of a country who is controlled by fear and strict law in order rather than a large, well paid police force. I would expect the Malaysia is run along similar grounds.
 
Well in Thailand theres a huge problem with natives addicted to meth, heroin, marijuana. Alot of people assume that its the Western foreigners who are somehow responsible for drugs.
 
Every time i've been to bali (5 times) i've been hassled like fuck to buy drugs off Indos. I nearly got in a fight from some fuck head who wouldnt leave us alone wonting to sell us his coke. I got pulled into the taxi by my mates after i told him to fuck off and he started to want to fight me, and the pot dealers were alot worse, so many wanted to sell us hash or buds, and they dont stop hassling you, i always wonder if they were in connect with cops, it was shit, i said no about 50 times.

I was also approached several times in Hong Kong to buy drugs.

The only time i had drugs in any of them was magic mushrooms in Bali at certain bars, which was pretty intense trip, loads better than blotters, visual wise.
 
Was that Bali? My brother has lived in Jakarta for almost 10 years and he'll tell you most Indonesians are too scared to even talk about drugs for fear of being thrown in jail. The country has 220 million mostly muslims who don't even drink alcohol let alone get into meth. Malaysia is ruled by a very similar style government. They just don't tolerate disobedience otherwise their countries would descend into chaos.
 
it was bali. Im sure its probably a small element that get into it compared to the over all population, but it happens thats for sure. A school mate who went there loads more than me had yaba pills a fair bit as well and his dad smoked a fair bit of pot there. Crazy. I think the mushroom shakes we had in the bars were legal at the time, not sure about now tho. damn they were good
 
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Meth is a dangerous drug.
It can kill people.
Let's discourage people from using meth by killing them.
That way, they won't be killed by the meth - they will be killed by us, instead!
That will teach them to risk their health by using meth!

Ok, I know this is a bit of an oversimplification - they don't kill meth users who have less than 50 grams - but it is not far from the truth.
 
Poor lady meth is bad but I do not think she should be hung for possessing it. I would never visit that backwards ass place and I dont think anyone who has seen the movie "Brokedown Palace" would either.
 
Drug accused's mum seeks Corbys' help

THE mum of an Australian woman facing the death penalty in Malaysia is desperately calling out to Schapelle Corby's family for support.

Amanda Innes yesterday visited Emma L'Aiguille at Kajang Prison for the first time since her daughter was arrested on July 16 for trafficking 1kg of methamphetamine.

Ms Innes told the Herald Sun she would make contact with representatives of the Corby family upon her return to Australia in a bid to talk to mother Rosleigh and sister Mercedes.

"They have been through this and I just need to know how to deal with everything," she said.

"This is a very emotional time for me and my family and obviously we have never been through anything like this.

"I don't want to intrude on their privacy I just want to know how they handled it."


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She feared that if the case was protracted she would not know how to deal with the pressures and needed some guidance.
Corby's mother, Rosleigh Rose, said she was no stranger to the heartache Ms Innes was feeling and her best advice was not to trust anybody.

"Look at the mess we have been through," she said.

"In the beginning we trusted a lot of people we thought were there to help us, but they weren't really.

"The best advice I can give the family is to be careful and not to trust anyone."

Corby was convicted 2005 in Bali after being found guilty of trying to smuggle 4.2kg of marijuana in a bodyboard bag into the country.

The former beauty therapist was sentenced to 20 years jail.

Corby's family has been fighting for her freedom insisting she was set-up and was innocent.

A heavily emotional Ms Innes emerged from the visiting room yesterday after a short visit to her daughter. It was the first time they had seen each other since Christmas 2010.

"It was harder than I thought it would be," she said.

"She has lost so much weight and her teeth have rotted."

Ms L'Aiguille, who faces death by hanging if found guilty, this week told sister Amber Lawn during a jail visit "get me out of here".

Ms L'Aiguille will face court on Monday in Kuala Lumpur where prosecutors are expected to reveal the purity of the drugs.

The Perth born woman denies the drugs are hers and the car that had her in the driver's seat belonged to her boyfriend, who fled the scene when police pounced on the vehicle parked in one of the city's busiest streets.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...eeks-corbys-help/story-fncyva0b-1226482918751
 
Think about this scenario from a psychological perspective. No, she shouldn't be treated or expect to be treated different than any native citizen would in that situation, right? However, the native citizen grows up living in a country with death penalty drug laws, aware of such laws, and accustomed to the knowledge of those penalties. Somebody growing up in Australia has no psychological perspective to appreciate the gravity of the drug laws in a foreign country, even if you're aware of them, because you grew up in a country where you don't have to worry about your LIFE for carrying a brick of meth. Knowing something may happen because it's something you learned is different than knowing something will happen because it's something you've known your entire life, and felt every second of every day, just as a native citizen would have been aware their entire life how strict their own laws are. It would be ingrained in their being.

So she's essentially experiencing something like culture shock.

"Wait, WHAT!?! I'm really being sentenced to DEATH!?" even though she may have been aware that could happen the entire time, prior to being caught.

This is confusing to explain, but I think my point comes across.
 
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