Her appeal lawyers submitted that there had been a discrepancy in the weight of drugs seized by customs and that presented in court.
“The weight of the drugs had changed during the proceedings at the magistrate’s level, compared to the weight recorded at the time of arrest,” said counsel Afifuddin Ahmad Hafifi.
Justice Mohamed Apandi questioned why the weight would have changed and what reason Customs officers would have to frame the Japanese national for drug trafficking.
He said the lawyer should have provided more reasons to back his theory if he intended to question the integrity of Customs officers.
Takeuchi is the first Japanese woman to receive the death penalty for drug trafficking in Malaysia.
Afifuddin said he would be appealing to the Federal Court.