kuala lumpur australian mother three escape death penalty wednesday malaysian court find guilty drug traffic maria elvira pinto exposto 54 find kg methamphetamine backpack transit kuala lumpur enroute melbourne shanghai december 2014. malaysian law anyone find guilty possess 50 grams illegal drug consider trafficker face mandatory death penalty law amend last month away mandatory death sentence allow judge use discretion change yet come effect exposto lawyers say victim internet romance scam lure carry bag contain drug unknowingly friend online boyfriend claim u.s. soldier serve afghanistan agree defense argument accuse knowledge drug bag judge ghazali cha say wednesday exposto conduct arrest show naive behavior innocent person say judge refer exposto malaysia immigration department deportation happy free exposto say brief comment reporters three australian nationals execute malaysia drug traffic kevin barlow brian chamber 1986 michael mcauliffe 1993. australian woman escape noose drug traffic malaysia