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9 September, 2024
Revellers at Selangor’s Pinkfish Festival on December 31. Photo: Instagram / pinkfishfestival
Malaysia

Ecstasy and agony: Malaysia’s festival drug deaths spur calls for testing kits

Experts say the risks are heightened by a lack of harm-reduction infrastructure to help festival attendees make informed choices.

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The Philippines

Opinion | How the Philippines is managing a cold war abroad – and at home

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Britain

Scotland leader praises first UK consumption facility for illegal drugs

Crime in Hong Kong

3 arrested, HK$20 million of Ice seized in Hong Kong drug lab raid

Police say the 1,000 sq ft facility in Shek Wu Wai is believed to have been operational for about one to two months.

Police have seized raw materials for making drugs that could produce 35kg of Ice in Lok Ma Chau. Photo: Handout
Wellness

Inside Myanmar drug rehab centre where tough love is the prescription

Weightlifting, karate drills and tug-of-war contests are all activities at the facility in a country that produces huge amounts of narcotics.

The Philippines

Filipinos fear US’ anti-ICC bill may impede probe into Duterte’s drug war

The bill slams the ICC’s ‘illegitimate’ charges against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes related to the Israel-Gaza war.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Amount of drugs found on air passengers in Hong Kong last year up by 244% over 2019

Customs officers seized 874kg of narcotics, worth HK$349 million, from air travellers in 2024, Post learns.

Hong Kong customs seized 4.5kg of suspected cocaine from three men who tried to smuggle the drugs into the city via the airport on December 31. Photo: Handout
France

French police seize two tons of cocaine worth around US$134 million in Le Havre

Truck driver, dock worker were arrested and face up to 30 years in jail. Port of Le Havre is major gateway for cocaine smuggling in France.

Americas and the Caribbean

Man arrested for supplying drugs to One Direction singer Liam Payne

Braian Paiz, accused of having supplied cocaine to Payne, is one of 5 people indicted over death of the 31-year-old former British pop star in October.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong man arrested for ‘furious driving’ after officer dragged 70 metres

Driver, 56, allegedly sped away from policeman who then tried to stop van and suffered injuries to his head, arms and legs.

Acting chief inspector Lai Ma-yan briefs the media on the arrest, with the van involved in the case behind her. Photo: Handout
Crime in Hong Kong

3 arrested at Hong Kong airport over drugs worth HK$9 million

Passengers, including one from Malaysia, charged with drug trafficking after suspected cocaine and ketamine found in luggage.

Evidence seized by customs officers. Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong politics

From regulating Uber to combating space oil, what Hongkongers can expect in 2025

Regulating subdivided flats, improving taxi services and banning flavoured cigarettes are also on the list of policies expected in 2025.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest 2 brothers, seize HK$12 million of drug Ice

Brothers, aged 52 and 45, arrested on New Year’s Eve after search of storage unit yields 19kg of methamphetamine.

Indonesia

Indonesia reviews France’s request to transfer death-row convict

Frenchman Serge Atlaoui has spent the past 20 years in prison in Indonesia after being arrested on drug charges.

French drug convict and death-row prisoner Serge Atlaoui (right) looks at his Indonesian lawyer Nancy Yuliana during a court hearing in Tangerang outside Jakarta on April 1, 2015. Photo: AFP
Argentina

Liam Payne’s manager among 5 charged in singer’s death in Argentina

Three face manslaughter charges, while two are accused of supplying the British singer with illegal drugs.

Liam Payne in 2019. File photo: AFP
Crime in Hong Kong

3 arrested after 30kg of ketamine seized at Hong Kong airport

Three Hong Kong passengers had flown from Frankfurt in Germany and were detained in two separate drug trafficking cases.

Crime

Man accused of burning New York woman to death ‘fanned flames with shirt’

Sebastian Zapeta allegedly set the victim’s clothes on fire inside a subway train and then watched her die.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong customs arrests 2 for allegedly smuggling cocaine in their bodies

Women arriving from Uganda had 1.5kg of suspected cocaine pellets worth HK$1.3 million hidden in their bodies.

Hong Kong customs officers have arrested two women for allegedly smuggling cocaine in pellets hidden in their bodies. Photo: Handout
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong customs seizes HK$160 million worth of drugs in run up to Christmas

Officers arrest 22 people in 83 detected cases at airport, seize total of 373kg of cannabis, ‘ice’ and other drugs between November 1 and Monday.

Fame and celebrity

Who is Baywatch star Jeremy Jackson’s troubled ex, Loni Willison?

Jackson says he helped Willison move from adult films and stripping to modelling, but they split after a confrontation in 2014 – Willison has since become homeless and blames her ex for her troubles.

Crime in Hong Kong

Over half of drug users in Hong Kong take at least 3 years to seek help: survey

Youngest respondent in poll by Hong Kong Christian Service is nine-year-old girl who took anaesthetic-laced ‘space oil’.

Former “space oil” user Luna, 19, shares her experience during a press conference held by Hong Kong Christian Service. Photo: May Tse
Donald Trump

US House panel secretly votes to release Matt Gaetz ethics report

Gaetz had dropped out as Trump’s pick for attorney general amid scrutiny over allegations of drug use and sexual misconduct with minors.

Matt Gaetz speaks at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in July. Photo: AP
The Philippines

Death row Filipino arrives home from Indonesia – then goes straight to jail

Mary Jane Veloso just wants to spend Christmas with her family. She has been imprisoned since 2010 on drug trafficking charges.

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The Philippines

Hopes high Mary Jane Veloso will get clemency upon her return to Philippines

Veloso, who was sentenced to death in Indonesia in 2010, is set to fly to Manila on Wednesday as her supporters fight to see her freed.

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US Politics

Ex-FBI informant pleads guilty to lying about fake bribery plot involving Bidens

Alexander Smirnov faces up to six years in prison under the terms of a plea agreement he struck with prosecutors.

Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, left, walks out of his lawyer’s office in Las Vegas in February. File photo: Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP
Australia

Last ‘Bali Nine’ prisoners back in Australia after 19 years

Five convicted members of the heroin smuggling drug ring were returned from Indonesia, following diplomatic efforts this month.

Australian Matthew Norman, left, a member of the Bali Nine group and serving life sentences for drug smuggling, was among the remaining five who were allowed to return home. Photo: AP
Donald Trump

Biden unveils biggest single-day act of clemency in modern history

It is the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history, exceeding Barack Obama’s 330 before he left office in 2017.

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Thailand

Shocking scenes in Bangkok as police bust over 120 in underwear ‘drug party’

Thirty-one suspects were found in possession of illegal narcotics such as crystal methamphetamine, Ecstasy and ketamine.

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