Saubin Batrice Horoscope

Biography

French traveller, arrested on 27 January 1980 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, when a customs officer discovered 534 grams of pure heroin in her luggage. The brand-new suitcase had been a gift from her Chinese lover, Eddie Tan Lim Soo, who, unknown to her, was dealing drugs. She languished in prison for two years before she was tried and sentenced to death by hanging. On appeal, her sentence was reduced to life in prison. While inside, she taught herself Malaysian and Cantonese, and became a medical supervisor, caring for her fellow inmates. She was released after ten years and wrote the book, "The Ordeal: My Ten Years in a Malaysian Prison." Saubin died in Paris on 2 November 2007 at the age of 48 following cardiovascular failure. Read less