MATARAM, Indonesia - An Indonesian court on Monday sentenced a Frenchman to death for smuggling 3 kilograms (6.6 pounds) of drugs to the tourist island of Lombok, even though prosecutors had only sought a 20-year sentence. Felix Dorfin, 35, sat silently when a panel of three judges handed down the punishment. He declined to speak to reporters on his way back to prison from Mataram District Court. In their verdict, the judges concluded that Dorfin had weakened the government’s drug prevention program and could have a bad influence on young people. “He is legally and convincingly guilty of importing narcotics to Indonesia,” said Presiding Judge Isnurul Syamsul Arif.

Source: thestar May 20, 2019 12:11 UTC