CANADIANS SENTENCED TO 16 YEARS FOR PEDDLING ECSTASY IN VIETNAM

HANOI, Vietnam - Two Canadians were sentenced up to 16 years in prison for
drug-dealing in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnamese news media reported
Tuesday.

Randy James Sachs, 27, was sentenced to 16 years in prison and Nguyen Van
Hai Sheena, 41, to 16 years at a one-day trial Monday, the Liberated Saigon
newspaper said.

The two were arrested in May 2003 while distributing 1,000 ecstasy tablets
to dealers in Ho Chi Minh City night clubs, the newspaper said.

Vietnamese media said Sachs and Hai were part of a ring that trafficked the
pills from overseas to Ho Chi Minh City for distribution to dealers.