A Johannesburg father caught smuggling drugs into Malaysia is now facing the death penalty.
29 year-old Deon Cornelius has lost his appeal to have his death penalty sentence overturned after he was convicted in January.
Patricia Gerber, head of Locked Up, an organisation that assists South Africans arrested overseas for drug smuggling, told News24 she was uncertain whether there were any other avenues that Deon Cornelius could pursue.
He was arrested two years ago after he was found in possession of 2kg of methamphetamine when he landed at Penang International Airport.
Gerber said that in the last financial year, over 230 South Africans had been arrested abroad for drug-related crimes.
