24 September 1999 :
Also on September 24, Criminal Court judges sentenced to death three drug traffickers, Napol "Lao-U" sae-Ten, Lao-koh sae-Yang and Lojoi sae-Li linked to Li Yun-chung, the high-profile suspect whose bail-jumping, arrest in Burma and subsequent extradition to the United States caused a diplomatic frenzy a few years ago. A fourth man, Suthep Somthai, had his sentence commuted to life in prison for cooperation in the trial. They were charged with conspiring to possess and exporting 69kg of heroin concealed in 20 air pumps shipped to Fiji. The drug was intercepted by Singaporean authorities during transshipment.
