A New Zealand man has been granted a week's leave from his Bali drug smuggling trial, after collapsing in a hearing last week.
Antony de Malmanche says he has a history of the heart condition angina, and wants to be thoroughly examined.
The 52-year-old could face the death penalty for smuggling 1.7kg of methamphetamine into Bali in December.
Chief Judge Cening Budiana, who noticed the Kiwi was ailing last week and adjourned witness hearings, on Thursday granted him a week off.
The judge asked the prosecutor to take de Malmanche for a fuller check with the prison's physician and bring the results to court next Thursday.
De Malmanche's son Shaun was in court for the first time on Thursday.
Lawyers for de Malmanche say their client was tricked into carrying the meth by a drug syndicate that snared him on a dating website, and made him believe he was coming to Bali to meet a woman named Jessie.
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