After 3 year of investigation,Wong Chi Ping and members of his drug syndicate were nabbed in the country's by the Indonesian authorities in January
Slamet Pribadi, spokesman for the National Narcotics Agency said, "this was our biggest catch so far in five years, the harsh penalty on drugs will serve as a lesson for those who are looking to be involved in drug peddling."
Wong's lawyers however confirmed they would appeal against the sentence. his Lawyer Rando Vittoro Hasibuan said "we hope that our client still has a chance to prove himself," we are optimistic that he doesn't deserve to get the death penalty."
Wong was believed to have been the mastermind behind the smuggling of methamphetamines from Hong Kong, on southeast China's coast, to Indonesia, packing the drugs into coffee containers, media reported.
After the arrests, police forced Wong and other members of his group to burn 1 trillion rupiah ($73.21 million) worth of the drugs.
President Joko Widodo has declared war on what he has called a "narcotics emergency" since taking office a year ago.
He has repeatedly refused clemency to traffickers and more than a dozen drug convicts, most of them foreigners, have been executed this year after a five-year moratorium on the death penalty was lifted.
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