According to a report in the tabloid Blick on Monday, the man told a district court that he had brought the suitcase containing the drugs to Jeju at the request of a third party while he was in Cambodia. He did not know that there were drugs in the suitcase, he said. The Blick report is based on information from a South Korean online portal.

According to these reports, the Swiss man's defence lawyer said that the accused had been contacted on social media by someone who claimed he wanted to send a gift to a Japanese banker. This person had offered $8.5 million (CHF6.8 million) as a reward for the delivery of the suitcase.

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