[Straits Times] A LAWYER says three Mexican brothers jugged on suspicion of producing methamphetamine at a Malaysian factory face the death penalty if convicted of drug trafficking.Prosecutor Umar Saifuddin Jaafar said Wednesday that the Kuala Lumpur High Court is scheduled to hear defense lawyers present their case in late April.
The three suspects were charged together with a Malaysian and a Singaporean in March 2008 with drug trafficking.
The offense carries a mandatory penalty of death by hanging on conviction.
All five were jugged at a factory in Malaysia's southern Johor state where police found more than 63 pounds (29 kilograms) of methamphetamine worth 44 million ringgit ($15 million).
The suspects' brother in Mexico has urged their country's government to help them in the case.