Cheuk Mei Mei

Cheuk was the first foreign woman convicted of a drug offence in Singapore to be executed . She was found guilty at trial and sentenced to death . Cheuk and her Hong Konger accomplice Tse Po Chung were arrested at Changi Airport . They were found to be in possession of over 2 kilograms of heroin . Cheuk claimed she thought she was smuggling gold jewellery into Singapore from Bangkok . The act of importation was compete only once goods crossed the official customs barrier, therefore the pair could not have 'imported' the drugs as they both remained in the transit lounge . The prosecution claimed that when Tse was questioned about the substance strapped to his body, he replied it was "pak fun", which the literal translation from Cantonese is "white powder"