Indonesia sentences eight Taiwanese drug smugglers to death

April 26, 2018 5:49 PM

JAKARTA (AFP) – Eight Taiwanese drug smugglers were sentenced to death by an Indonesian court Thursday (April 26) after being nabbed with around a tonne of crystal methamphetamine in a country that has some of the world’s toughest anti-drug laws.

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