NSW: Death penalty case should serve as a warning: councillor

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NSW: Death penalty case should serve as a warning: councillor

SYDNEY, Jan 10 AAP - A local government councillor has warned Vietnamese Australiansnot to risk their lives smuggling drugs with one Sydney woman facing a Vietnamese firingsquad for drug trafficking, .

Thang Ngo, a councillor at Fairfield City Council in Sydney's west, said the case ofLe My Linh, convicted of trafficking heroin and sentenced to death last year, should serveas a warning to anyone contemplating smuggling drugs.

Ms Linh, 43, was convicted of drug trafficking last August after being caught at theairport with 888 grams of heroin and 209 grams of diazepam hidden on her …