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Aus - Get me out of jail: accused drug trafficker Emma L'Aiguille
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Police watched Emma L'Aiguille's boyfriend in undercover police operation
THE Australian woman facing the death penalty in Malaysia was arrested in dramatic scenes after a long undercover police operation into her boyfriend's alleged drug operations.
Police in Kuala Lumpur have revealed to News Limited a taskforce was set up and surveillance on Emma Louise L'Aiguille's boyfriend for suspicion of drug trafficking lasted at least two months.
The arresting officer said the boyfriend and his "gang" were the target of the police operation.
He would not say if the "gang" included Ms L'Aiguille, a mother-of-six.
Ms L'Aiguille was arrested for allegedly trafficking 1kg of methamphetamines on July 17 in one of Kuala Lumpur’s busiest tourist strips after the drugs were allegedly found under the passenger seat of her boyfriend's car, which had the Perth-born woman in the driver's seat.
The arresting officer, from Bukit Aman police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, said that on the day of the arrest police had already set-up a roadblock targeting the car after receiving a tip off.
"The suspect (Ms L'Aiguille) was very shocked. There was no way she could have guessed it, and no way she could have escaped," the officer said.
"There was no way she could have done so (escape) the way the operation was executed. She was totally caught surprised."
The arresting officer said Ms L’Aiguille was distressed when police pounced.
"Of course she was distressed, crying when we arrested her. She was claiming she didn't know the drugs were in the car, but they always say that," he said.
The boyfriend was standing outside the car when police swooped and fled the scene and abandoned Ms L’Aiguille and his friend who was in the back passenger seat of the car.
The boyfriend and another man who was with him have not been caught.
Ms L'Aiguille met her man in December and they moved in together in December in a housing estate called La Cottage, south west of Kuala Lumpur and about an hour drive.
It is a suburb for low-income families and the rundown front yards and balconies that are turned into makeshift clothes lines are a far cry from the postcard location where Ms L'Aiguille was arrested.
Neighbours told News Limited that there had been regular police visits to the area since the arrest.
Roads around La Cottage see discarded plastic shopping bags summersault on the grass, cars swerve around water filled potholes, cows graze on grass close the road edge and stray dogs sit on the road.
Hungry birds poke dumped rubbish on unoccupied blocks, kids zip around on their bikes and parents drive their young kids around on scooters while treating them to mini burgers as they hold on to the bike not wearing any helmets.
Ms L'Aiguille will leave her jail cell in the early morning on Monday to avoid being stuck in "office time" traffic on the way to her second court appearance to fight the serious drug charges.
Prosecutors are expected to present a chemist report that should reveal the purity of the drugs.
Ms L'Aiguille faces a death penalty by hanging if found guilty.
Her mother Amanda Innes and sister Amber Lawn will also be present during the court appearance.
Both have made emotional visits to Ms L'Aiguille's jail cell last week.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/...police-operation/story-fndo1sx1-1226484101460
THE Australian woman facing the death penalty in Malaysia was arrested in dramatic scenes after a long undercover police operation into her boyfriend's alleged drug operations.
Police in Kuala Lumpur have revealed to News Limited a taskforce was set up and surveillance on Emma Louise L'Aiguille's boyfriend for suspicion of drug trafficking lasted at least two months.
The arresting officer said the boyfriend and his "gang" were the target of the police operation.
He would not say if the "gang" included Ms L'Aiguille, a mother-of-six.
Ms L'Aiguille was arrested for allegedly trafficking 1kg of methamphetamines on July 17 in one of Kuala Lumpur’s busiest tourist strips after the drugs were allegedly found under the passenger seat of her boyfriend's car, which had the Perth-born woman in the driver's seat.
The arresting officer, from Bukit Aman police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, said that on the day of the arrest police had already set-up a roadblock targeting the car after receiving a tip off.
"The suspect (Ms L'Aiguille) was very shocked. There was no way she could have guessed it, and no way she could have escaped," the officer said.
"There was no way she could have done so (escape) the way the operation was executed. She was totally caught surprised."
The arresting officer said Ms L’Aiguille was distressed when police pounced.
"Of course she was distressed, crying when we arrested her. She was claiming she didn't know the drugs were in the car, but they always say that," he said.
The boyfriend was standing outside the car when police swooped and fled the scene and abandoned Ms L’Aiguille and his friend who was in the back passenger seat of the car.
The boyfriend and another man who was with him have not been caught.
Ms L'Aiguille met her man in December and they moved in together in December in a housing estate called La Cottage, south west of Kuala Lumpur and about an hour drive.
It is a suburb for low-income families and the rundown front yards and balconies that are turned into makeshift clothes lines are a far cry from the postcard location where Ms L'Aiguille was arrested.
Neighbours told News Limited that there had been regular police visits to the area since the arrest.
Roads around La Cottage see discarded plastic shopping bags summersault on the grass, cars swerve around water filled potholes, cows graze on grass close the road edge and stray dogs sit on the road.
Hungry birds poke dumped rubbish on unoccupied blocks, kids zip around on their bikes and parents drive their young kids around on scooters while treating them to mini burgers as they hold on to the bike not wearing any helmets.
Ms L'Aiguille will leave her jail cell in the early morning on Monday to avoid being stuck in "office time" traffic on the way to her second court appearance to fight the serious drug charges.
Prosecutors are expected to present a chemist report that should reveal the purity of the drugs.
Ms L'Aiguille faces a death penalty by hanging if found guilty.
Her mother Amanda Innes and sister Amber Lawn will also be present during the court appearance.
Both have made emotional visits to Ms L'Aiguille's jail cell last week.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/...police-operation/story-fndo1sx1-1226484101460
Busty St Clare
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Being raised in Australia I would assume she had an education past grade 10 and her reading and comprehension skills are solid enough to understand this sign. Having personally flown into KL airport I can tell you they even take the opportunity as you are still sitting in your seat that the Death Penalty is mandatory in Malaysia and advise you to dispose of any illegal substances before trying to enter through customs. It is obvious enough that I was shitting myself that I may have left a seed or leaf in my backback. It is also written in large print across the top of your customs form. The same occurs in Singapore.
cj
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The boyfriend and another man who was with him have not been caught.
That just jumped off the page at me when I read the article. Could be a coincidence but I really doubt it.
diche
Bluelighter
this is too much. you know your country is backward and still in the dark ages when they hang people. Thats REALLY retro
Even if Malaysia tell you about the death penalty before you enter, the whole court system is totally fucked. The cops can say whatever they want without evidence and the judges will believe them. Ive heard some crazy stories from Thai courts.
poledriver
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Lawyers for Australian woman in bid for plea deal
Kuala Lumpur: Lawyers for Emma L'Aiguille, the Australian mother of six accused of drug trafficking and facing the death penalty if convicted, have asked the prosecution to drop the charges, promising that she will act as a witness in any related cases.
Ms L'Aiguille, who was arrested in July when police allegedly found more than one kilogram of methamphetamine in the back seat of the car she was driving,
made a brief appearance in the Kuala Lumpur Magistrates Court today, when her case was rescheduled for November 9.
Ms L'Aiguille, 34, sobbed as she hugged her mother and sister over the wooden partition that divides the public gallery from the dock where the accused must sit.
Prosecutors had been expected to present a chemist's report today that would confirm the quantity of drugs seized from the car. However, because the report is not yet ready, the case was postponed.
Ms L'Aiguille has been charged under Section 39B of Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act, which carries a mandatory death sentence for anyone found in possession of 50 grams or more of methamphetamines.
If the chemist's report confirms that the drugs weigh 50 grams or more, lawyers expect her case will be sent to the Kuala Lumpur High Court for trial.
Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, Ms L'Aiguille's lead lawyer, said he had written to the prosecution two weeks ago asking for the charges against Ms L'Aiguille to be dropped.
He does not expect to hear from the prosecution until they receive the chemist's report.
"She will become a witness for whatever she knows about the matter," he said outside the courtroom.
Mr Shafee said that, if the case was sent to trial, he was "very confident" that Ms L'Aiguille would be acquitted because she had no knowledge of the drugs.
"In Emma's case, I'm very confident because so far we have found nothing that implicates her," he said.
However, he conceded that she was facing "very serious" charges".
"For trafficking the only penalty is death," he said.
Ms L'Aiguille has told her lawyers that her Nigerian boyfriend and another Nigerian man had been in the back seat of the car, but got out before the police searched the vehicle.
She has not heard from her boyfriend since her arrest and her lawyers have been told that police have so far been unable to find him. Another Nigerian man who was in the car with Ms L'Aiguille has also been charged with trafficking.
"The police must have been observing so it cannot be the case that they never saw the two men leaving the car.
I hope they tell the truth and Emma is as good as free," he said, adding that he suspected the other men were the target of a police operation.
"She happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time."
Ms L'Aiguille, who was handcuffed, dressed in black and pulled a scarf over her head when she entered the courtroom, had lost weight since her last court appearance.
Her sister, Amber Lawn, 33, said when she visited Ms L'Aiguille in prison last week, she was "very depressed and very teary but she looked fine".
Ms L'Aiguille was to meet her family members today before being taken back to Kajang Women's Prison, just outside Kuala Lumpur.
Ms Lawn said her sister had been living in Malaysia for the past two years, and previously worked in Perth as a nurse. She was born in Perth but raised in the Albury-Wodonga area.
Ms L'Aiguille is the second Australian to be charged with drug trafficking in Malaysia this year.
Dominic Bird, 32, was arrested in March after allegedly trying to sell methamphetamine to an undercover police officer. The Perth man is scheduled to face trial in early December.
The last Australian hanged in Malaysia was Sydney man, Michael McAuliffe, who was put to death in 1993.
Two other Australians, Kevin Barlow and Brian Chambers, both from Perth, were hanged in 1986. All three had been convicted of drug trafficking.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/lawyers-for-australian-woman-in-bid-for-plea-deal-20121001-26uuo.html
Kuala Lumpur: Lawyers for Emma L'Aiguille, the Australian mother of six accused of drug trafficking and facing the death penalty if convicted, have asked the prosecution to drop the charges, promising that she will act as a witness in any related cases.
Ms L'Aiguille, who was arrested in July when police allegedly found more than one kilogram of methamphetamine in the back seat of the car she was driving,
made a brief appearance in the Kuala Lumpur Magistrates Court today, when her case was rescheduled for November 9.
Ms L'Aiguille, 34, sobbed as she hugged her mother and sister over the wooden partition that divides the public gallery from the dock where the accused must sit.
Prosecutors had been expected to present a chemist's report today that would confirm the quantity of drugs seized from the car. However, because the report is not yet ready, the case was postponed.
Ms L'Aiguille has been charged under Section 39B of Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act, which carries a mandatory death sentence for anyone found in possession of 50 grams or more of methamphetamines.
If the chemist's report confirms that the drugs weigh 50 grams or more, lawyers expect her case will be sent to the Kuala Lumpur High Court for trial.
Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, Ms L'Aiguille's lead lawyer, said he had written to the prosecution two weeks ago asking for the charges against Ms L'Aiguille to be dropped.
He does not expect to hear from the prosecution until they receive the chemist's report.
"She will become a witness for whatever she knows about the matter," he said outside the courtroom.
Mr Shafee said that, if the case was sent to trial, he was "very confident" that Ms L'Aiguille would be acquitted because she had no knowledge of the drugs.
"In Emma's case, I'm very confident because so far we have found nothing that implicates her," he said.
However, he conceded that she was facing "very serious" charges".
"For trafficking the only penalty is death," he said.
Ms L'Aiguille has told her lawyers that her Nigerian boyfriend and another Nigerian man had been in the back seat of the car, but got out before the police searched the vehicle.
She has not heard from her boyfriend since her arrest and her lawyers have been told that police have so far been unable to find him. Another Nigerian man who was in the car with Ms L'Aiguille has also been charged with trafficking.
"The police must have been observing so it cannot be the case that they never saw the two men leaving the car.
I hope they tell the truth and Emma is as good as free," he said, adding that he suspected the other men were the target of a police operation.
"She happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time."
Ms L'Aiguille, who was handcuffed, dressed in black and pulled a scarf over her head when she entered the courtroom, had lost weight since her last court appearance.
Her sister, Amber Lawn, 33, said when she visited Ms L'Aiguille in prison last week, she was "very depressed and very teary but she looked fine".
Ms L'Aiguille was to meet her family members today before being taken back to Kajang Women's Prison, just outside Kuala Lumpur.
Ms Lawn said her sister had been living in Malaysia for the past two years, and previously worked in Perth as a nurse. She was born in Perth but raised in the Albury-Wodonga area.
Ms L'Aiguille is the second Australian to be charged with drug trafficking in Malaysia this year.
Dominic Bird, 32, was arrested in March after allegedly trying to sell methamphetamine to an undercover police officer. The Perth man is scheduled to face trial in early December.
The last Australian hanged in Malaysia was Sydney man, Michael McAuliffe, who was put to death in 1993.
Two other Australians, Kevin Barlow and Brian Chambers, both from Perth, were hanged in 1986. All three had been convicted of drug trafficking.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/lawyers-for-australian-woman-in-bid-for-plea-deal-20121001-26uuo.html
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Accused drug trafficker Emma L'Aiguille 'doing OK' during first court appearance
THE Australian mother facing death in Malaysia says she is "doing OK" as she desperately fights for freedom.
Emma Louise L’Aiguille, 34, appeared in the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex today but her case was adjourned until November after a chemist report on the drugs she was allegedly caught with was not prepared in time.
Speaking quietly, Ms L’Aiguille told how she was housed in a hospital section of Kajang Prison and was receiving consular help from Australia.
"I’m doing OK," she said.
Defence lawyers revealed today they had written a submission to prosecutors to drop the charges and were confident Ms L’Aiguille would avoid the death penalty.
Ms L’Aiguille was emotional when she entered the court and fell into the arms of her younger sister Amber Lawn, who along with their mum Amanda Innes, had travelled from Australia for the appearance.
She spoke to her mum and sister for several minutes.
Ms L’Aiguille is accused of trafficking 1kg of methamphetamine after police allegedly found her in the driver’s seat of her boyfriend’s car with the drugs under the passenger side of the vehicle on July 17.
News Limited revealed Ms L’Aiguille was caught while police were monitoring her boyfriend’s drug activity and when officers pounced on the car they believed he would be inside.
But the boyfriend, known as Tony or Mac, ran from the scene that was locked down in a roadblock, and has not been caught.
Ms L’Aiguille, who denies any knowledge of the drugs, faces death by hanging if found guilty.
Her charges fall under the tough Malaysian drug law of section 39B, where anyone caught trafficking 50g, or more, faces mandatory death penalty.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...police-operation/story-e6freuy9-1226484101460
THE Australian mother facing death in Malaysia says she is "doing OK" as she desperately fights for freedom.
Emma Louise L’Aiguille, 34, appeared in the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex today but her case was adjourned until November after a chemist report on the drugs she was allegedly caught with was not prepared in time.
Speaking quietly, Ms L’Aiguille told how she was housed in a hospital section of Kajang Prison and was receiving consular help from Australia.
"I’m doing OK," she said.
Defence lawyers revealed today they had written a submission to prosecutors to drop the charges and were confident Ms L’Aiguille would avoid the death penalty.
Ms L’Aiguille was emotional when she entered the court and fell into the arms of her younger sister Amber Lawn, who along with their mum Amanda Innes, had travelled from Australia for the appearance.
She spoke to her mum and sister for several minutes.
Ms L’Aiguille is accused of trafficking 1kg of methamphetamine after police allegedly found her in the driver’s seat of her boyfriend’s car with the drugs under the passenger side of the vehicle on July 17.
News Limited revealed Ms L’Aiguille was caught while police were monitoring her boyfriend’s drug activity and when officers pounced on the car they believed he would be inside.
But the boyfriend, known as Tony or Mac, ran from the scene that was locked down in a roadblock, and has not been caught.
Ms L’Aiguille, who denies any knowledge of the drugs, faces death by hanging if found guilty.
Her charges fall under the tough Malaysian drug law of section 39B, where anyone caught trafficking 50g, or more, faces mandatory death penalty.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...police-operation/story-e6freuy9-1226484101460