Counterdrug Press Summary

10 - 16 November 2005

 

 

Table of Contents

Press Summaries. 4

Cambodia. 4

Cambodian Drug Users Raise New AIDS Threat 4

Police Seize Cambodian Ecstasy Trafficker In Kien Giang. 4

 

China. 4

Chinese Mafia Spins Web In The South Seas. 4

China, Romania To Enhance Anti-Drug Co-Op. 5

Nightclubs Responsible For Drug Use. 5

 

Indonesia. 6

Bali Nine Accused Wants AFP To Testify. 6

Bali Nine Father Planned To Intervene, Court Told. 6

Channel Ten v Michelle Leslie. 7

Father Blames Federal Police. 7

Minister Denies Link To Leslie. 8

I Probably Met Leslie, Bakrie Says. 8

Police Delay Bali Nine Trial 9

Charges Against Bali 9 To Stand. 9

Cover-Up Allegation In Leslie Drug Case. 9

Fear Stifled Truth, Says Drug-Accused Model 10

Lawrence's Lawyer Has A Heroin Taste Test 10

Leslie Back In Court, Hoping To Be Freed. 11

Leslie Could Be Free By Next Week. 11

Model's Mercy Plea Rules Out Long Jail Term.. 12

Police 'Almost Forgot' To Nab Bali 9. 12

Indonesia Nets Europeans In Drugs Factory Raid. 13

Indonesia Raids One Of World's Largest Ecstasy Factories. 13

I'll Tell Truth On Drugs: Leslie. 14

Australian On Trial In Borneo Over Drugs. 14

Bali Nine Trials Continue. 15

Leslie Verdict On Friday. 15

Michelle Leslie Only Receives Three-Month Jail Sentence. 15

Optimistic Leslie Arrives At Court 16

Prosecutors Drop Main Charge Against Leslie. 16

A Factory Of Shame. 16

 

Lao PDR.. 17

Officers On Alert To Foil Planned Trafficking Of Large-Scale Drugs. 17

 

Malaysia. 17

Driver With 12 Offences On Drugs Charge. 17

Drugs Bust Nets Mum In Confinement 18

No Money For Drugs, So Kudat Youth Assaults Mum.. 18

Using Methadone To Kick Drug Habit 18

Two Arrested, Rm30,000 Pills Seized. 19

Attempts To Produce Stimulant Drugs In M'sia Foiled. 19

Syabu Abuse 'Serious' In Silam, Kunak, LD.. 20

 

Myanmar. 20

Tough On Drugs, Soft On Drug Lords. 20

Officers On Alert To Foil Planned Trafficking Of Large-Scale Drugs. 21

 

Philippines. 21

Bicol ‘Cop’ Arrested For Transporting Shabu. 21

'Ex-Cop' Arrested For 'Sale Of Shabu' 22

Illegal Drug Angle Eyed In Attack. 22

Man Nabbed In Illegal Drug Bust 22

MILF Spokesman’s Brod Killed In Drug Bust; Another Kin Nabbed. 23

Man Collared For Trying To Sell Half-Kilo Of Shabu. 23

Cotabato City Has 6 Drug Labs. 24

Narcotics Group Nabs 6 In Marijuana Trade. 24

Police Officer Nabbed In Anti-Narcotics Raid In Quezon City. 25

 

Singapore. 25

Tough On Drugs, Soft On Drug Lords. 25

Anglican Primate Wants Drug Trafficker Spared. 26

Candles Burn For Nguyen. 26

Howard 'Lacks Heart' On Nguyen. 27

Death In Singapore: You Must Speak Out, Mr Howard. 27

Death Penalty Discriminates. 27

Howard Urged To Raise Death Penalty At APEC.. 28

Nguyen Unlikely To Be Spared: Lawyer 28

Singapore MP Says Drug Penalties Should Not Be Changed For One Man. 29

Twins - One On Death Row, Other In Despair 29

QRSciences To Commence Working Trial With Singaporean Immigration. 30

UN Rights Expert Calls On Singapore Not To Execute Convicted Drug Trafficker 30

Downer's Final Bid For Clemency For Nguyen Fails. 31

Execution Decision 'Irreversible' 31

 

Thailand. 32

Taiwan Succeeds In Helping Thailand Bust Cross-Border Drug Ring. 32

Officers On Alert To Foil Planned Trafficking Of Large-Scale Drugs. 32

Thailand To Punch Drug Dealers Supporting Insurgents. 33

Traffickers `Financing Separatists' 33

 

Vietnam.. 34

Asian-Pacific Countries Pledge To Support Vietnam In Drug Fighting. 34

Drugs Still Thread Their Way Into Vietnam, 28 Traffickers Arrested. 34

Son La Police Crack Heroin Trafficking Ring. 34

Vietnam Police Gather Evidence To Arraign 10 Drug Dealers. 35

Police Seize Cambodian Ecstasy Trafficker In Kien Giang. 35

Vietnamese-Belgian Ecstasy Trafficker Arrested. 35

 

Press Summaries

Cambodia

Cambodian Drug Users Raise New AIDS Threat

Cambodian drug addicts have adopted a new tactic — selling their blood to hospitals — to pay for their habits, and the practice is threatening to unravel the country‘s gains in fighting HIV / AIDS , officials and experts warn.  Cambodia has had no known cases of HIV being spread by blood transfusions, but if HIV infected blood entered the hospital system in even a single case it "would be a disaster," said Dr. Massimo Ghidinelli, a World Health Organization adviser on HIV/AIDS in the country. Injecting heroin users are one of the groups most at risk for spreading HIV through the shared use of contaminated syringes. Amphetamine users are also considered high risk because the stimulant clouds their judgment and can lead to unsafe sex practices. Addicts sometimes sold their blood as often as twice a week and earned around $4.80 each time, said Kathryn O‘Connell, the report‘s author. But the country‘s health system is decrepit and poorly funded. Regular healthy blood donors are in short supply, leading to a reliance on paid donors and correct testing procedure often were not followed. A large sex industry, traditional male promiscuity and low levels of condom use in Cambodia helped give the country one of the highest HIV infection rates in Asia — though education campaigns have helped curb dangerous sexual activity. Cambodian authorities have failed to effectively tackle the illicit drug trade. (continued)

Source: Leading the Charge/KER MUNTHIT/12 November 2005/ http://www.leadingthecharge.com/stories/news-0098776.html

Police Seize Cambodian Ecstasy Trafficker In Kien Giang

The General Department of Police, in coordination with local police, has seized