Thursday, December 16, 2010

Daughter of Former British Nuclear Scientist Could Face Death Penalty for Drugs Charges

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The daughter of a former British nuclear scientist could face the death penalty in Malaysia after being arrested on suspicion of drugs trafficking.

Mother-of-two Shivaun Orton, 41, from Bangor, Wales, whose father Mike Orton worked at the Atmoic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston, was arrested after a drugs raid on a holiday resort which she and her husband run.

Police seized 225g of heroin, as well as cannabis, amphetamines and ecstasy during the raid on the resort on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

Orton, 41, was arrested along with her Malaysian husband Abdul Harris Fadilah, 46, following a raid by Malaysian narcotics police at the Ranting Resort which the couple run in Cherating. >>> Andrew Drummond in Bangkok | Thursday, December 16, 2010