Yong Vui Kong was sentenced to death in November and was to be hanged last December. The 21-year-old Malaysian had brought in 47 grammes of heroin in June 2008. Convicted drug trafficker Yong Vui Kong#39;s appeal against the death penalty was dismissed by the Court of Appeal on Friday. Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong, Justice Andrew Phang and Justice V K Rajah ruled that Yong#39;s lawyer had failed to prove that the mandatory death penalty for certain drug offences was unconstitutional. Yong Vu
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