JPRS ID: 9852 WORLDWIDE REPORT NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS

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Worlc~wide Re ort .
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NARCOTICS AND ~ANGEROUS DRUGS
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JPRS L/9852
15 July 1981
WORLDWIDE REPQRT
NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
(FOUO 33/81)
COiVTENTS
AS IA
HONG KONG
Customs Watchi~g Couriers of Local, Thai Syndicates
( Tomury 'L,ewis ; SOU~I (~iINA MORNING POS T, 12 Jun 81) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Alleged Trafficker Ruled Extraditab le to Holland
(Janita Wong; SOUTH CHINA MORNING P06T, 18 Jun 81) 3
- Non-Chinese Tennagers Increasingly ~rning to Drugs
(SOUTH QiINA MORNING POST, various dates) 4
Ame ri can S tuden ts Arres ted
Growing Probla~m Seen, by Jane Hayhoe
Police Appeal to Parents, by Kevin Sinclair
Customs Officers Smash Heroin Factory, Seize Drugs
(SOUTH (HINA MORNING POST, 9, 10 Jun 81) 7
Ttao Men Arrested
Othe r Arres ts Fo llow
MALAYSIA ~
~ Sea Patrols Mounted Against Drug Smugglers
(NEW STRAITS TIMES, 14 May 81) . . . . 9 ~
Drug Arrests in First 4 Months of 1981
(NEW STRAITS TIMES, 2Q May 81) 10
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, Life at Drug Rehabilitation Center Described
(NEW STRAITS TIMES, 23 May 81) 11
Conditions Detailed, by Halinah Todd
Interviews With Inmates, by Patrick Pillaiand Halinah Todd
How To Improve Conditions
B riefs
Opium Den Raided 17
Sentence Upheld 17
Heroin Sentence 17
Possession of Heroin 17
Life Sentence ' 17
Trafficking in Opium , 18
NEW ZEALAND
Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Import Heroin
(~IE NEW ZEALAND HERALD, 9 Jtm 81) 19
PAKIS TAN ,
Briefs
Hashish Seized 20
~ Hashish Recovered 20
Foreigner With Heroin Held 20
, LATIN AMERICA
BRAZIL
Ether, Acetone for Cocaine Distillery Seized in Rio
(0 GLOBO, 21 May,~l~ Jtm 81) 21
Equipment Seized, Gang Members Arrested
Plane Impounded
Ztao Arrested in Possession of Cocaine, Counterfeit Money
(0 GLOBO, 21 May 81) 25
Briefs
Youths Arreated With ISD 27
MEXICO
Heroin Trafficker Attempts Shootout With Police
(EL SOL DE MEXICO, 12 Jun 81) 28
Marihuana Use Among Youths Increases
(Yolanda Garcia; EL DIA, 7 Jun 81) 29
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Opium Gum Dealers Arrested
(EXCEISIOR, 9 J~ 81) 30
PGR Burns Psychotropics, Other Drugs
(EX(~LSIOR, 9 Jun 81) 31
PE RU
Briefs
Cocaine Seized in Lima 32
VENEZUELA
Cocaine Seized Fmm Bolivian Couple
. (Antonio Martin; EL NACIONAL, 9 Jim $1) 33
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
NIGERIA �
Motion on Hemp Referred to Committees
~ (DAILY TIMES, 18 Jun 81) 37
SWAZILAND
Reportage on Disposition of 'Mandrax' Cases
(THE TIMES OF SWAZILAND, 22-24 Jun 81) 38
South Africans Fined
Appeal Planned
Others Acquitted
WEST EUROPE
N OI~n1AY
Social Worker Sees Haehish Spreading to New Oslo Areas
(Brita Rosenberg; AFTENPO6TEN, 10 Jun 81) 40
Police Feel Powerless in Combat~ing Hashish
_ (AFTENPaSTEN, 10 Jun 81) 44
Police Accuse Youths of Smuggling Heroin, Hashish
(Helge Sorensen; AFTENPOSTEN, 11 Jun 81) 45
UNITED KINGDOM
' Briefs 47
British Customs Seize Heroin
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HONG KONG
CUSTOMS WATCHING ~OURIERS OF LOCAL, THO?I SY~IDICATES
Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORIVING POST in English 12 Jun 81 p 19
/Report by Tommy Lewis/
/TeXt7 Customs (nvatiQations Bureau officer~ And so far thi~ year, officers at the airport
are probing the activities of at least 20 local have arrested 13 people - seven Tttais and
and Thai syndicatea which are u~ing courien six locai men - on their arrival from 'T'hai-
to ~muggle drugs into Hongkong. land and found drugs concealed in their
From estimates based on the number of �~~a' '
exiating syndicata and from conservative Recently, a man who returned from Bang-
caiculations that each rxruits two courien, kok, was arrested at che airport and 280
there could be at least 40 people making trips grams of heroin bau packed in two condoms
into Hongkong with small consignments of was found concealed in his rectum.
drugs each month. � It was the biggat single incerna! conceal-
These couriers, inveatigators say, are re- inent seizure ever made at Kai Tak airport.
sponsible for smuggling small quantities oF . The man was taken to Queen Elizabeth
drugs into Nongkong to boost supplies for an Haepital where hd eapeUed one of the coh-
estimated 25,000 heroin addicu. doms but failed to discharge the other one.
T'hese smugglers get their conaignments An operatian wu performed to extract the
through customs by hiding the drugs inside remaining candom - the first time surgery �
their bodies, usually in condortu. haa been carried out for this purpose here.
"We know there are local 'syndicates as Supt Mak said couriers adopted the inter-
well as Thai syndicates employing courien to nal concealment method after customs offi-
smuggle drugs into Hongkong and that racke- ~ro g~"' W'~ to other tacticx such as the use
ta~s are u~~ng the internal concealmenC af felu�bottamed suitcases and entering�
method tactic used id the pa~t for go~d Hongkong v~a countriea like the Philippmes,
smuggting," said Assi~tant Superintendent Korea, lapan and Taiwan which are not
Mak Kam-lau of the Customs Invwtigations maja sources of drugs.
Bureau. Drug-Pghters in t6ese countries now put
swpecu and their asaociates under surveil-
He said the interoll concealment tactic ~a~~,
camo to their notice in March 1979 when a HonQkong is told about the suspected drug
local ydident waa arrdted at Kai Tak airport courien and they are searched on amval.
on his return from Bongkok, A condom But, said Supt Mak, "thousands of poople
packed with drugs wae found conccalyd in his are leaving or arriving daily and it is imposs~-
rectum. ble for everyone to be stopped and searched
Since the first arrest was made, an alert on their return.
was mounted at the aitport for courien "We believe that couriers of various syndi-
entering Hongkong wich drugs coneealed in cates - both locals and Thais - have
their bodia. . managed to siip past customs checks at Kai
Last year, customs officers, working close- Tnk~" he addcd.
ly with Narcotics Buroau detectrva at the We are doing our best to prevent drugs
a~rport, arrested 'eight people - including from (lowing into the Colony but we just
two women - uaing the mternal concealment ~n't stop and xarch everyone because this
method. cauap inconveniences to genuine travellers."
One courier who acaped detection at ttie He said cuatoms and police officers select
airpurt died of an overdose ~hortly efterwarda ~heir tergeu from intelligence reports.
when a condom packed with dru~s broke From thae reports it is believed that there
inside his body.
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~ are at least 20 small drug syndicates involved
in the import of drugs in small consignments
by air routes.
Cuatoma investigators believe that bosses
of these syndicates lure couriers by oFfering
them free trips and rewards of about 53,000
for returnin~ undetected with the drugs.
Meanwh~le. the price of a small packet of
heroin sold on the strats has dropped by 100
per cent to S20 compared to S40 early this
year.
But the purity of the drug has also drop-
pe~ from 30 per cent ro 1.5 per cent. -
Invatigators say prica may have dropped
because more drugs have been smuggled in.
But, they add, this could aiso be becauae of
the decrwee in purity.
Supt Mak 9aid thet intelligcnce reports
indicate that there has been a bumper crop
this year in the Golder Triangle (the area
aro~nd the borden of Thailand, Burma and
Laos).
Ba:ause of thia more drug consignments
may be heading for Hongkong in the next few
months.
"It sams that there is amPle supply of
heroin at prescnt " Supt Mak sa~d.
"Apsrt from the Kai Tak wa:ch, our
officen are also Icaping a sharp eye on s6ipa
which may coma in wit6 bigger drug consign- ,
� ments;' he said.
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HONG KONG
ALLEGED TRAFFICKER RULED EXTRADITABLE TO HOLIA ND
Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORIVING POST in English ?8 Jun 81 pp 1, 11
/Report by Janita Won~7
/Excerpt7
between Mr Lau and senioe ~Gordon Hampton, objectcd, with the illegal traffic( ing of custody.,''
Causeway Bay Couri~ Crc~wn counsel Hugh Sinclair saying that Mr Stock had Sl kilos of heroin inco Hol-
magistrate, Mr Alexander about the cau in the absence reCerred to no authority for land.
Lau, yesterday rejectr,d an oF the defence on Monday the application. Vonchai was arrested in
application by CroWn counsel afternoon led to Mr Stock's Furthermore, it had lxen Hon~kong o~ March 16 on a
that he discharge himself in application. ' heid many times that discro- prov~s~onal warrant iuued by
an extradition case, saying fMr Sinclair rePresented tion should be exercised judi- the Dutch suthoritia on
that he did not consider him- the Crown in the extradition cially. March 12. ~
self biased, prejudiced or that proceedings.) Mr Lau said that in the � Mr Lau ruled that on tha.
he had a pecun~ary intereat in After Mr Lau had reject- absence of any authority sup- evidence provided by the
the proceedings. cd his application, Mr Stock plied by the Crown, he re- Crown, a prima faeie case
Deputy prmcipal Crown applied for the case to be Fused tbe application. had been established for the
counsel Frank Stock had moved to a higher court and He then d.'~vered his rul- extradition of V~nchai to
made the application on wught an adjournment on the ing on the eatradition pro Holland.
Tuaday on the grounds that baais that there had been no cadings against a Thai engi- However, Vonchai has the
Mr Lau had breached the judicial eaercise of Mr Lau's neer, Vanchai 'tumtonkitkul right to apply For a writ of
rula of justice. discretion. . (29). aGju Danny Conrad, h4beas corpus within 1 S days. '
A telephone conversation But defence couRSel, r1r who is alleged to be linked He was remartded in jail
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HONG KONG
NON-CHINESE TEENAGERS INCREASINGLY TURIVING TO DRUGS
American Students Arrested
Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORIVING POST in English 6 Jun 81 p 1
~TeXtT Sia puPils di the Internatiunal Schoul have been expellcd
fur drug abuae during the past few munth9.
This was cunfirmed yesterday by tht school's principal,
Mr David Rittmann.
He declined to give the nationalities of the students, or
their ages. But informed sources aaid three of those expelled
were Americans who were arrested in Wanchai by Narcoucs
Bureau detective~.
One of the students, aged 16, was arrested as he was
buying heroin from a drug pedlar at a playground behind the
China Fleet Club. ,
The pedlar was also arrested and a quantity o~ heroin
seiztd.
Following the boy's arrest, sources said, he told police that
he had been given money by two other youths to buy drugs.
Detectives later arrested two Amencans from th- boy's
schoot.
Officers of the Narcotics Bureau last night cunfirmed the
~ arrest of the three schoolboys, but declined to giv~ any
further information about them.
Superintendent Keith 'fiddy said ihe Narcotics Bureau
would like to hear.from schoole or other organisations which
may have a drug problem. . . ~
- Growing Problem Seen
Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORrIING POST in English 7 Jun 81 p 8
/Report by Jane Hayhoe7
/TeXt7 More ~teenagers are An inspector with the "Heroin-taking is a social
turning to dcugs as a Narcotics Bureau yasterday thing with kids and they will
means of escape or for po~nted out that drug-taking experiment by taking it out of
kicks. among tanagers is stitl not as cur~osity more than anything
significant a problem as it is else."
Police figura show tbat in America and Europe. The inspector was speak�
. last year in the 1 S to 19 age And it is a small percent- ing after Iast week's arrest of
group there were 243 known age of the number of adult three schaolchildren, one of
drug addicts - an increase oF addicts which is estimated at whom was caught buying her-
25 per cent over t~e previous qq~ppp to 50,000. o i n on a W a n c h a ~ p I a y-
year. But it is .still a serious ground.
And with 150 teenagen problem. The three are believed to
- arrated for drug-related of� "If you have one heroin �be among sia members of the
fenca in the fi~st four months addict ~n a schaol, he is a International School who
of this year, the problem is dan~erous person," warned have been txpelled for drug
arowinQ. ?he inspector. abuse in the oast few months.
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The in~~
s~ctor said the bu- The habit was originally
reau has had a"few prob- seen as a means of escape
lems" with drug-taking by from difficult living condi-
some pupi ls u f t he school in cions.
the past. "It could be taken because
He said the bureau was of pressure but it is difCcult
"keeping an eye" on t h e to put your finger on the
school. reason."
H~ said it was more dif- Another nationality differ-
ficult for non-Chinese teen- ence is that drugs in Europe
agers to get drug~ as supply and America are often taken
was by word of mouth by university students, buc
through "a fri~nd of a Chinese teenagen taking
friend." ~ drugs are mamly found
"~uropeans and Ameri- among the las-educated
cans would genere;iy find it lower classa end therc was
difficult to get a~oura of no problem with university
supply," he said. students.
Even so a proportionally The � Commissioner for
large number of American Narcotics, Mr Peter Lee.
teenagers here hnve experi- warned in Merch that drug
mented with drugs. traffickero were using young
The American life-style people as courien.
meant thay were morc ex- He said this had led to a
posed to sQft drugs as a sacial rise in the danger of drug
habit, whereas heroin, the addiction among young peo-
most popu~ar drug among~ad- ple.
dicts here, was taken by the And Mr Lee warned oF the
Chinae for different reasons. poasible rise in the dtugs
"The Chinese have a trade with this year's expect
tradition of opium-taking and ed opium harvest in the Gold-
as it is difficult to use op~um en Triangle of 600 tons -
- the smell means it is easily compared with an averege oF
detected - heroin is used as about I50 tons in the past two
it has a similnr effect," he yean.
said.
Police Appeal to Parents
Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORIVING POST in English 14 Jun 81 pp 1, 10
/Report by Kevin Sinclair7
/Text?
Police have appealed to Not ell of them are at 9tudents had circumvented oommunity advisory
p~~ents to help them catch school. They include young the medical procedurp and group is being formed to
the narcotics pedlars who pro- people from all walks of life. six were expelled. examine ways in which
vide teenagers with deadly They ~ange from young- Four othets remained at education and pravention ef-
drugs. sten who smoke the occasion- the school and continued to fons can be improved both at
Narcotics Hureau detec- al marijuana or bas6ish ciga- receive attention� and their home and school.
tives make it plain that they rette to teenagers who are possible return to school in 'the orientation and
are not interested in taking ' heavily addicted to heroin. the next academic year was education programmes for
action against young drug ad- ~ [n a recent letter to par- under evaluation. ~ parents and students in the
dicts, but want to concentrate ents the headmaster of lnter- A young inspector from next academic year is to in-
their energies on the traffick- n~tional School, Mr David the Narcotics Bureau recent- clude the personal, moral and
ers. Rittmenn, said 10 senior ly visited the schaol and ad� legal aa ts of dru use, the
Now, detectives plan new pupils at the uhool had been drassed students, .Mr Ritt- lettersaid~. g
moves in the wake of an counselled intensively after mann's letter said. "We are all affected by
apparent recent up~urge in having been found to be in- The school board, its the serious problams drug
narcotica use by ex~atnate ~ volved with drugs. counselting team and admin- abuse can cauu and havc
teenagers. istration are reviewin the
Surve s and undercover Their continued praence g caused to our young people
intelligence reports show ~n the school ~equired medical handling of the recent drug and their families," Mr Ritt-
thero could be up to 100 ~erifcation that drugs were ~o see if futute improve� mann wrote.
not being used. ments can be made. "[n addition to the action
young non-Chinese who have It waa found that several steD~ described above, !0
a drug problem.
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families and voung peopie are The experts I spoke to last what to look for. ' ' A medical expert who has
much in need of your support ~veek ali agrced that it ~s "Parents may feel some� many years of experience ir.
' and prayers. often useless for parents to thing is wrong but the ~atural aidina youngsters with drugs
"Please feel free to phone ask their children if they are tendency is to disbelieve the problems said there cxist
me co voice your opinion, ask taking drugs. worst. ample opportunities for teen-
a quesuon or check a� ru- The only realistic course "When confronted, chil- agers to get drugs in Hong-
mour." oF action is to insisr on an dren will deny it and parents~ kong.
Superintendent Keith immediate medical examina- will tend to believe the child Ye said the blame cannot
Tidey ot the Narcotics Bu- tion. and believe that all is well. ~ Iaid just on the schools,
rcai; appealed for the co- ~fr Tidey wants parents "Things are often far From that parents also have them-
e;~etation of both parents and and studenu who have taken well." selves to blame.
schools to help catch the drugs to talk to him so that '['he variuus eaperts Children have t~e oppor-
traffickers who are the source Natcotia Bureau detectives spoken to Auring the week tunity to go and get drugs, he
ofheroin. can continue their war agreed that the rebell;ous said. �
"(f a child has taken drugs against traffickers. teenage years a re a time They return home late and
he must have got them from This is a quiet battle being when young people are highly go out in the evening and
somewhere, :;nd we wanc to fought, without headlines, in inquisitrve about the world parents do not realise that
know where," 1~ir Tidey said. which police are gathering aboat them and prone to ex- their teenage children have
He stressed it is not an intelligence about the sources periment. chan ed.
ot'fence to be an addict and it of drugs. M~ Driver said: "Some T~e biggest stumbling
would be eatremely unlikely Although International will experiment w~th booze, block is to get paronts to take
that a student who told police School is at the centte of the some with sex and some with ~n interest in what their chil-
whai he or she knew would be praent drugs scare, ~arenu drugs." dren are doing.
prosccuted. of pupils at other insti~utions Those who experiment parents are not prepared
"Our .first prioricy is the should not be comDlacent. with sex are not dest;ned to to look the problem right in
welfare of the children," he There 8ave been no recent become "Rippers," he said. the faca.
said. cases of narcotics abuse at . Those who eaperiment "If there is a change in
[sland School, for ezample, with drink will probably not
With the help of a doctor any way in your tanage son
but pcincipal '~ir Jonty Driver become alcoholics and chose
who has been dceply involved or daughter,. ask yourself the
and tus ceachers have a con- who experiment with drugs
in treating young addicts and question why," he advised.
tinuing dialogue with stu- would not necessarily become
~ with the aid of officials from Changc in mood, manners,
dents to attempt to ensure addicts.
Hongkong schoois, Mr Tidey that a drug problem does not But a positive programme al danance and discipline are
told parents oi the danger develo . oC co-o rac~on between fami- ger signs, but they can
signs thcy should look fur iF ~yhy does Intarnational ly and~chool has to be de-� develop so slowly that parent
they suspect their children arr not aware of them or
Schoolseem to have a bigger velo ed.
are mvolved with narcotics. roblem than other schools'? shrug them oif as a natural
p hen, when experiments �
One sign is a general' fall- part of growing up.
Experts theorise that it become dangerous, family
ing off in standards, beha- could be because many of the and teachers can deal with it '~Parents are not going to
vioural, academic, sporting teenagers at the schaol have as a team. take t6,e worst, possible view,
and motai. he said.
grown up in an environment "We have to trust parents
Another is general sick- "Teenagers are goin~ to
ness, with the child being ill ~the United States) where to tell us the truth and vice- ~i~ ~f they are' asked if they
drugs are more accepted than versa," hc said.
- more often than he or she elsewhero. "Unless a kid is actually are on drugs and parents are
should be. What is worryin~ to both icktd u~ with drugs it is naturally going to accept that
A suddcn need For more ~ lie."
money is another sign, al- P~~~ce and teachers ~s that all ard to tell if he or she is Children seem to have
the heroin addicts ucstioned takin thom.
though ~tr Tidey and the ~ plenty of money to buy drugs.
other ex rts agreed thet Braduated to the rug after '1 children go through a "gome perents arc throw-
experimenting with marijua- bad pha~e it could be just a
ma n y o those with drug ing their children in at the
problems seem to get ample na. part oF growing up." deep end of life without any-
Police are involved with Mr Driver said that stu- ~
cash from ti~eir parents. thing to hang on to,' the
A loss of apetite is another ~he Drug Abuse Sub-Com- dents at his school are aware doctor said.
mittee af the Hongkong As- that if fhey are caught abus- ~
sign of drug abuse. ' It is not until the point
But one of the most impor- ~+ation of Pharmaceutical ing drugs they are in for "the that they find their son is
Industry which arran es high jump."
tant signs is a change in the ~ taki~~g heroin that they admit
behaviour of the child, al- seminars and workshops or He would immodiately in- they have done a bad job as
though this might be difficult teachers and trainee teachers. form the Narcotia Bureau, parents."
Talks are also iven to he said.
to spot because of the mer- ~ Mr Rittmann of Interna-
curial swings in mood that senior pupils in schoo s by the "I am not going to indulge tional School was not avail-
are normal during the teen- Po~~ce, doctors, aharmacists, in talking about the moral able for comment.
age years. teachers. Education Depart- issues of taking marijuana, His office said he was too
ment staff, Medical and forinstance,"~[rDriversaid.
Mr Tidey said that if par- ;,yealth ex rts and others in- busy. _
ents have suspicions about ~ "[t is against the law, and
their children they could talk ~a~!'~d in the programme. that is that. ' �
There is a certain faction
to Narcotics Bureau detea "But if kids have a prob-
of young euple experimzni-
tives who will accord them ~ lem and the y- come clean we
strictest confidence. in~ with rugs," Supt Tidey are going to help them."
So can children who have said~
become involved with drugs. Parents should be warned
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HONG KONG
CUSTOMS OFFICERS SMASH HEROIN FACTORY, SEIZE DRliGS
Two Men Arrested
Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA MORIVING POST in English 9 Jun 81 p 1
~ /Text7 Cuetortu officers smaahe~ turing piant, wa~ taken back
a heroin !'actory, a drug stor- to the premisa w6ere CIB
age and distnbution centre, officxra seiud six pounds of
and seized drugs and chemi- No 3 heroin and a large
cals worth about S1 million in quandty of chemicab aiwci-
swoops on both sida of the Rted with the manufacture of
6arbour yesterday. heroin.
Two men - one believed A rac~m in the two-ro~om
to be a chemiat and the othe~ tlat is believed to have ban
a d'utributor - were found to used as a heroin factory and a
, be immigrants From China drog storage centre.
who had ban in Hongkong Earlier; CID officers out-
for a few yean. ~ide t6e building spotted a
"This is the Fint 6eroin su~pocted drug di~uibutor
manufacturing plant we have who had ban one of their
~ smeshed so far this year;' 'targets" entering the ftat in
said Assietant Superintendent che Nam Fung Sun C6uen
Mak Kam-lau of t6e Cur buildiag.
toms' Investigation Bureau, He was stopped and
who dirated the raids. searo6ed when 6e came out
The sma~hin~ oF the her- ~ater end a pound oF No 3 '
oin manuFactunng plant at heroin was found in his poe-
Nam Fung Sun C6uen, ~~on.
Quarry Bay and the distribu- Th0 aR~~~ man, aged
tion antre in Taimshauui, 26, was later taken back to
followod intenaive invatiga� ~~at m Hillwood Road,
tion~ into a drug syndicate. Tsim~fwtsui. where CIB offi-
Four memben of the same ~~de a further seizure of
syndicate were arrated on ~a pound of No 3 heroin.
_ Friday when C I B offian From the equipment found
seized drugs wonh more than 1� ~6e man's ffa~ t6e raiding
5500,000. Thase arrated in- oftian beliwe it was being
cluded a newly- wed couple. ~~~th a drug paclcing
CIB officers were out i~ and d'utribution antre. �
force ye~terday laying am- Supt Mak said fol-
bushes on bot6 sida of the ~owing the arrau and sei- .
harbour for the drug syndi- ~ra made by 6is oftian.
cate. believod w hare been in ~'~*el premi~ee on both ~idw
operation for wme timr. of the 6arbour were alw raid-
The s ndicate. the offcers No further arratt or sei-
beliove, iys responsibte for the ~ N~,y~ ~jl invatigating
Colony~wide d'utribution OI~ ~bC 3YIIdIptE t11d 8fE bUOtlpg
drug~ to addicu. for poe~ible members still at
In one of the raids, a 2~ ~8~ 6e said.
year-old man was arratod as ~,{unwhile, the two ar-
� he left a flat on the 26th floor ~i~ ~~n wen last night
of Blac~ 12, Nam Fung Sun still being detained and ques-
Chuen, at =_~ut 2 pm. tioned by nutoms o~oers at
The man, believed to be a their Rumaey Street 6ead-
chemist of a heroin manufac- quarters.
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Other Arrests Follow
Hong Rong SOUTH CHINA MORIVING POST in English 10 Jun 81 p 1
/Text7 Customs [nvea~tigatians Bureau ofPicers yesterday arrested
a man said to be une of the leaders of a locai drug syndicate.
Following the arrest, CIB officers seized more than
582.000 from the man's Shanghai Street home, believed to ba
part uf the proceeds of a recent drug transaction.
Sane oPerations ol the syndicate - a heroin manufactur-
ing plant in Nam Fung Sun Chuen and a drugs pacl~ng
~entre in Hillwood Road, Tsimshatsui were smashed .
yeyterday by CIB ufficers.
a suspected chemist and a distributor were arrested in
ih~~sc raids and ubout 51 million worth of drugs and
chemi~:als seized.
The man arrested yesterday -[he seventh connected with
the syndicate in the yast two weeks - was last night being
detained for questiomng. .
No charge has been'
preferred aga~nst him.
CIB' Assistant Superin-
tendent K. L. Mak said he
- believed they have broken the
backbone o; the syndicate.
' "We are still looking for
three suspected members,"
Supt '~tuk said.
!n another operation yes-
terday afternoon, C[ B o f f i-
cers intercepted a car and'
fuund a kilo of 6eroin base in
the boot.
The two people in the
' ~�ehicle werc arrested.
Tho heroin base iF convert-
Cd inta Vo 3 hcroin would be
u�urth $150.000.
Supt ~tak said his oFficers
intercepted the car in Pak Tin
Chuen, Shatin, at about 2
pm. . . .
r
CSO: 5320
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MALAYSIA
SEA PATROLS MOUNTED AGAINST DRUG SMiTGGLERS
. Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 14 May 81 p 3
[ Text ] KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.~ He ~aid anof~tier 30 speed=
- Dadah traflickers are boata would be delivered
dumping drugs along the soon and they wculd be
coastal areas particular- deployed in the coastal areas.
ly in the northern region, in the country.
~ the Deputy Finance Min- He said 2o Cuatoma o!-
ister, Datuk Mak Hon ficers were now under'going
Kam, said here today. Naval baee.g at the Lumut
"Because ot this,~ the Cus- 81nce January, the Cus=
t o m s a n d P o 11 c e d e- toma officera have seized
partments have formed a; 2,158 gr m of heroin, 1,800
special operationa commit- � ~'m of raw opium, 7,783 grm
tee in the north to check on~ ot prepared opium and 2,323
dadah trafiicker~ coming in 8'rm of gan ja.
by sea;" he added.. '1'hey have al$o destroyed
Both - departmente will 450 ganja plants.
soon carry out joint eea pa- Datuk Mak eaid the drug
trafiickers have ewitched thefr
trola off the coasta of Kedah, tactics b
Perlis and Province Wellea- Y gotng to sea
because ot too many ob-
tY" We want to curb amugg1- ~t The barbed wire fenc-
ing oi gooda, particularly da- ing ln the north and the
_ dah and firearma," he sald. , aurveillance br members
Datuk Mak said this after o[ the Joint Bordor Pa-
receiving aix narco doga trol Unit have etfectively
from the Firet SeCretary o~ controlled the traftleking
the Auetralian High Com, ot dadsh lnto or through
miasion here. Mr Cliflord. the country.
Craigie at the Gtistoma' Dog On the doge, he eaid
Unit. Alao preaent was the the snlmals would be
Customa Director General. tully utllieed tn the detec-
Datuk Abdul Rah1m Tak. tfon ot dadah throughout
The do handlera were re- the country.
g Two of them would be
cently trained in Auatralia stationed fn Sabah and ~
He added that Polfce and� one !n Sarawak.
Cuetome patrol cratt would, He sald the West Ger-
install epecial wlreleee ~eta. man (3overnment would
so that they could com� be gfving pnothar tive
municate with each other. . narco doga soon.
Currently , the Cuatoma Datuk Mak satd with
and Police boate opsrate on the opentng ot new air-
difierent wave banda. ports sad porta, more
Datuk Mak satd the Cus- doga were needed to aniff
toma Department wouid . out the drugs.
soon be getting seven patrol
launches coating more than
i100 million.
CSO: 5300/8348
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_ MALAYSIA
DRUG r1RRESTS TN FIRST 4 MONTHS. OF 1981
Kuala Lumpur vEW STRAITS TIMES in English 20 May 81 p 5
[Text] ,
KUALA KLJBU BARU, the Illlcit Supply, Demand
Tuea. - Twenty ior- and Reduction Section oi the
efgnera have been ar- United Nationa D~lvediin Vi
rested here by police for Narcotic Drugs
dadah oiiences since Jan- enna.
uary, CID Director Datuk ~~pt supply
Abdul Rahman Iamail
eaid today. ~ � Datuk Rahman also re-
peop
le detained during the kg ot rawaopium earlier his
period. month indicated that heroin
- Laat year 42 foreigners being proceaeed in the
country
were among 5,810 held here trace
torpo eae~sion and traffick- Wheth ~ the~
is a~TOCess-
!ng in dadah. in laboratory here~ he aaid.~
During the tirst f lice ~e sald the recent eeizure
. months ot the year po ot 68 ~g ot herotn !n Beu?gkok
alao aeized ib.6 kg ot heroin. b the Thai authoritiea in-
64_gm of morphine,16.5 kg ot d~cated that dadah v~'e8 ~0~~
opium and 349 kg ot ganje. he ing tn from the Golden Tr!-
eaid.
Datuk Rahman aaid thta m sure thera'll be an
when he opened the ii-day tncrease 1n the flow oi dadal~
Unlted Nationa-Malayaia tnto our country�
~ "Advanced Drug LaW En' "We discuased thia matter
torcement courae held at Writh the The~ authorities
the Police'College here. ~~t month.
Thirty�one ofticera from "Action fs in hand to dte-
the pollce, cuetoms, immi- ~pt the supply by 1?itting at
gratlon, Health Miniatry, the tlve m~or dade ~at,n~
Chemlatry Department and t~cking synd catea ope
Poet~i Department are y~tWeea the two countrlea,
part. rfpating. he said. the anti-
Seven narcotics and cus- n~c
ti~ dlvieion waa
- toms officera irom the Unit- be~ng expanded to
ed Nations. Interpol, Hong 2848 otiicera and men
Kong. Unlted Kingdom and
turingnthem ogn in
erna
1ona1 abuseeandt~ ett king
and law problem� The men
dadah tre~fflcking Were be~ng eent regu-
entorcement. for coursea to up-
The narcotice otilcere are 1ar1Y
here at the invitation oi Mr date thefr knawledge.
Mtch~el Daviee, t1~e Ct?iet ot
CSO: 5300/8348
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MALAYSIA
LIFE AT DRUG REHABILITATION CENTER DESCRIBED .
Conditions Detailed
Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIT~~S in English 23 May 81 p 2
[Article by Halinah Todd]
[Text]
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� Starltght - Hlttlns Fa1L{n ta�das:The ot� march wltb a ib�minute
torehead wit6 8 h~rd teodins juNor 6ss to tall- rest period haltway
iltck of the middle (Inger. 1a - or nport - In the ~b~u6h. A salected boy
A p u n 1 s h m e n t ! o r House btlet whera "we ran throug6 the Jua~1e
breaches ot the Rukun ~e dayll~6ts out ot ~~k to an Oran6 Asll
Pusat. him". shoP, bought cl6arettea
Rukun P4~.vat - Tt~e Blanket party - A and ren 5ack.
Inmates' rules as op� moro severe punbhment II he talled to get bank
posed to tbe authorfUes' ~p elt6e~ starlight o~ betore tLe 15 minutes
- rules. Eso6 6roup baa Ib la{1-i� tanda8. The of� aa+ up, and 6ot caug6t.
own vqrlatlons but teader Is wrspped In s he was punls6ed by tde
basically they are: blsnket so t6at he canaot ws?rden - and punished
1. Don't sque~l. Identity 6b assallants, at the InmaRes' court tdat
2. Re~peot ~ealor poys. ~ud thea puached mercl� n16ht. These msrchea
then oftlcer~. lessl~ by ~ Sroup ot sen- wero banned In early
9. Don't torm cllqueo. ~o~� 1Y80, snd the Pusat . a,L-
4. BLwre everything. Oo!/ leaso~s - Cutting b~'~s�t6alette ratfow
6. Don't m~turbate. the Rrass In the com- ot tive sticlcs a day.
& Don't absoond. puund. Thl~ Is the tirot But the runa, now
Tl~e MCA do not de- P~oJect and the lowllest eA~1ed Commando, go on
mand re~peot to~ ot� to~ the new Inmab. - over the tence af Qirht
tlaen. T6ey In~bt thst C i g a r e t t a r u n - In between head eount~.
~anR loyaltles be lett st ~(oro last yeer, the In� tor the commerclal qual-
the Sste. mRtes went on a dapy Ity brands.
THE board at the gate ~+~at clafms that hi~ ot- erstlon sapu" and crlmi� can be turned over to the
saya thla rehablllta- flcers have put down the nals whom the courta pollce to be charged and
tion centre 1$ run by B++~Bs snd wrested back have declded to allow the sent to prlson.
the Minlatry oi Wel- control. But thla 1s only chance of rohabilltation Theae are the only two
fat'e. But only on the p~~y true. at tha centre rather than wenpone the adminis-
eurface. Real control There are 137 addlcta eend to prfeon. tration hae againet the
o v e c 11 [ e h e r e 1 s ~n thl~ 13-acro Pueat ln a But all are ur~der the sub~culture. Thie year 1t
wielded b Abany.y romoto vslley a few eame court order whlch began using them.
3' rnllos out ot KKB. Most ot commlts them to six Therc are aleo two
and Tai Roh~r - the, thom are in thoir ZOe. months at tha contre and kinds ot authorlty in the
le8dere of groupe lnto There Is anly one teen- two years' compulaory Pusat. Offlcially, thero
whlch the 160-odd ad- ager. They are people sfter�care. are efx dormitoriee -
dicta have organfaed who have ~otned the pro- For good bohavlour, Houses. ~ach ia headed
them9elve9. gramme voluntarily; ad- the Inmatea can be ro- by a Houee Captaln and
The Superlnten~dent ot dicts who have been leeued atter tour months. hfs aasistant. The leadere
the Kuala Kubu Bhsr: netted in thc pollce'e "op- For bad behaviour, thcy cho~en trom among the
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sonlors by the Inmste~ Pro~~ and' que~tlons door~tep; exhauetod and common to addicta are
aro almo~t always leglt- e~xed 1n the Mlnlstry. ~n teara. "Hle head wae dealt with at the Pusat
lmieed by "appolntment" Somathing had to be shaved,hlsbodywaecov- clinic. New inmatee are
trom the adminlatrstfon. done. ered tn bruieee and hla put tnto grass cutting and
Unofflclally, the in- In December, a boy forehaad wea swollen up vegetable gardening
malos torm separato ra- wea so badly lnjured it ~~ke a balloon;' Pak Haii proiecta.
clal groups named ~after. beoame a~.+o11ce caae. snld. After alx weeka, the in-
polftfcal partlea - MCA, "We t~ok out the ring- ~~When I wont to make mates begin group coun-
MIC and State divielons leadere," 8uperintendent a~~~Ce report, my son eeUing 1n the atternoon
ot UMNO. Theee groupa ~�au esid, the sacalled kept tn the Iock-np. and move lnto more aen-
are organlaed !n a r1g1d Council of 1S. and handed Ha 1� being charged fn iur work proiecta in the
hierarchy based on sen- them over to the pollce on court tor abeconding and mornings - book bind-
iorlty. Every lnmate a cherge of refusing to hQmaybeeenttoprison." ing, electrical repaira,
weare a neme tag, boar- sccept treatment~" ~~gurprleingly, the caae turnlture-making,
ing hte year and number. 3tnce January aeveral ~gteet batc~h oi boys ia not carpentry.
No 81/281s abany~ to 81/17 adminietrative changea eo aggreaeive;' Mr Lau "The goal ie not so
and pays obelsance to have heiped the otficero eald. "W1th the drug much to teach them
81/16 and eo on. to re�asaert control. They shortege, herotn wae not ekilla." Mr Lau eald.
Anyone who has been used to work nine�to�tive. eo potent; ao thelr addic- "Four monthe ie not long
longc,r than three montha Now they work ahllts so tlon t~ not ae severe and enough for that~ It 1s to
at the Pwat ls a aenior that there are alwaYe they are eaaier to man-
und all ~uniors owe him wel[ara otiicore on tho Bge rsi~e their eelf-eateem
obedfence. The most een- ecene irom e am to ltghts But the drug ehorta~e and to glve tham that ee-
lor le Number One ln hl~ out at 1A pm. At nlght ~i now over. 8upply fe ~ential senae of aatlafac-
racfal gro~p. g u ar d s p at r o l t h e now plentiful and cheap. tlon ot having completed
In a crlsfs, the author� dormltorles. If the Pusat gets an In- a ~ob."
1ty of tho Number Onc ot, A tew ot the most dedl- tlux ot hard�core or crim- "I never wanted to .
aay the MCA, la eupertor ottfcers, tncluding addtets 1t could east- B~Ve up dcugs;' said Z9
to that ot sny Captaln - Mr Lau. go down to the ~y s~~p back to the old Ye~''old Ah Chsi, who
but !n dally alfalrs the dorm~ et nlght to talk to waa eont to the Centre by
Ievel~ of vlolence. �
Captaln !e boas. the boys. An oftlcer fe ss� Thle eub-culture. and the Polfce. In the elec-
It fa the Captain who elgned to each House and the tenuous control ot it tronics proiect, I rea118ed
feeuee the "Ilcence" to the regular Houee meetinga exercleed py the admin- how' n'?uch I couid do
now lnmate to atay In hls are heid to d~ecuae prob- Istration. fe the eetting wlthout hernin. Betore I
houee. To get a"llcence'~ lema. egalnet whlch the real couldn't do Ehe smalleet
even four monthe ago task of the Pueat - re- thing without a smoke
meant going through a Shortage habllltation - takes ftr�,~e goal of the coun-
brutal lnitl~iQn_be8t3A~ place. eellin aesaions ia behav-
(seo Jamea' story) and The KKB ~Pueat ia re- g
boing deprlved of ali fa- 0 t f! c e r e s c h e d u 1 e puted to be the beat ot the io~'~ change - to alter
cllltlae, except wi1:h the counae111nS and Plan B�' Weltare Mlnietry Cen- the attttudes and peraon-
permlesion ot the aenlors. � tlvltfee without "consult� tree. r4nd lt probably ia. altty tralts which led the
(Even the clgarette ra- ing" the aenfor tnmatea. Ita facilitiea are ex- addict to eeek a eolution
tlon wae taken.) T h e v f o 1 e n c e h a s cellent. Ite eetting fe auit- to h!i problema in drug
diminlshed. ably leolsted. (Unlike the dependence.
Changes But tha culture sti11 ex� This ha,e to take place
Ist~ and In the dorme lt ~kit Mertajam Centre, .
tor example, which !s set Withln 2'h monthe I
"When I wanted to aee etill rules. "A ~unlor can ~n a red-1!ght @Istrict pep- ~uldn't take eomeone ofi
a junlor for a counaolling ~n~un (equeal) and the ~,1th puehers.) bubble-gum in that time;'
eoesion," one of the ot- otllcere can ex=e+u3 ~ Most lmpottan~ !t ie a commented a behav-
ticere told mq I had to ask (extend the tlme the cul� totaU drug�hee environ- loural psychologiat) and
tho aenlora.' The admin- rtb have to etay ln the mentyStstf and lnmates W1th a etatt who are not
I~tratfon turned a blfnd But he ~tfil has to ~~~~t that there ls no da- exactly trained for the
oyo to tho violence be- come back to the dorm _ tark.
_ cauee tho A6anpy d1d overy night and isce w,' d~ tn thts centre and The aeven welfare of-
onsure control dnd obe- a Captaln sald. ' that there never ha~ Ilcars at the Purat who
dfence end the Idukun of A new an4rant et111 get~ ~en, run the counaelling pro-
tho aub�cuitura reln- ~ha arturl4ybt treatment smme are graduatea.
fo~cad tho olilclal rules ot before~ he-gets~- g- lto~a Rehabilttatfon la fa ~hey are experienced
the Pu~at. "ilaence". The more two pha~e~. M addict ~d dedicated. They ob-
But in February last ~ajy~n ~an~ ~d commltted to the centre viouely care about the ad-
yoar thero was a riot. The 6~~e1 party are laea R~nds one to two weeka dicta they couneel. But
- lnmstee woro turious common, but they do ex- in the IQ{B Cieneral Hoa- ~ey have oaly between
that the dally marching ttal detoxificstion unit. two and aiz weeka
had Doen atopped. (Not An elderly Pak Cik. ~e ahaved bald aad ~~crash" training !n coun�
t h s t t h e y 1 o v e d v~rhose son was a Ifght ad- B~a through cold turkey eelling - and that was
- marching, but It gsve dlet~ heeded government � Thea. 1n hia iirat eix
thom opportunltiee tor ~~ice to commit h!m to '~aek~ in the centra: he fe two yeare ago. In addl-
cigarette runar.) The po- the Pusat. bullt up to phyatcal tlon, Mr I.au and hle dep-
llce were called and afx He took hfa eon to KI~ health. uty have been on famil-
fnmatce were arreited. ~n February, (aiter the Th' ~~'a d ~~~tl ei farteatlon toura ot re-
Last October, neariy tlme that Mr Lau eays etnnuoue datl;/ phyeical h a b I 11 t at 1 o n c e n t r e e
olghty producta of a po- ~8t the ~ub~culture had tralning programme abroad.
Ilco 'sapu" operstfon y~en broken and the via irom 8.00 am to 7.00 am Will power te the
tlooded the Pueat. Vlo� lence atopped.) and team gamee 1n the phraie that recure 1n in-
lence eecalated. There ~ro weeks lator the eveninga. The numeroua ~gte convereatfon, and
were murmuri in the ~y turned up on hls aecondary lllneasese they expreas atrona�
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motivntlon to stay !n the three months� � ' two weeke becomes little~ can~.
cantre and atay oft drug~. ."My thinktng tttrtd more than time for urins Jarr.ea Is probably faln~
" Even tf the lence was - r testing. ! t lcal. He went to tHe
w1tH~drugt when I si Y YP
two feet h1gh. we won't go d o w n q u l e tl y b y m y a e l
t,� The tour Inraates !n- Pueat voluntaril y - be-
out". But I can get oK it easily, tervfewed ln the centre cauae he had come ott
, now that my mind ~q expreesed great anxiety druga on h!s own for two
W~ wer stton~ enou~h to thlnk." g~ut going out to face monthe, but wae afraid~to
~ The weaknesa of che ~he ~vorld again. armed move out ot the houee in
couruellln at the ceatro: ""ith ~othing but cwill' caee he was tempted to
But they complala that g wer. lK~at have no oba
cousuelling i~ "the ~ame 1~ compounded by an p� j emoke again. He went~to
slmo~t total abaence o( ~d their famlly life haa be cured of hie psje.
otd thing over and over. been soured or broken b ~y ~ ~
8ama queationi, same old atter�care when the thelr previoua addiction ch When,I talked to hlm
etorlee. We tell our prob- mate~ get ou~ A whole ~ey wtll go back to the flv~ da e atter he had
lems. The otficer tells us ~tructure of legally com+ Y
ulwr after�care exist Aame nelghbourhood bean releaaed he was
to avold our old friends P Y ~ where their old "mem- holed up in hls house, etiH
and develop our will - but the experience.a ,
power.'� the three ex-lnmatea (sea ~ra' hang out and druga� afraid to g0 out without
There are 20 to 26 !n� P~ g~ ~'e typical. are eaelly and cheaply the P~tee}?on ol bta
matee a~signed to each ~ avallable. b r o t h e r. H e c h a~i~n
otilcer who haa many Salvation ~ What chance do they amokea, admlts he.lb
other duties beeldes ~ have? Stati~tically, not drinking heavily and
counielling. "When I re- A bu~y weltare officer, much. There are no def~ iooke mora edgy than he
ally want to talk to aome- with llttle or no traWng~ nite fisure~ on the c~ dfd in the Pusat's eloaai
ona they are not arourd ~n ~~e111ng 1s aastgnect cldlvism rate irom the envlronmen~
or they are bury." to too many ex�nddlcta ax Mlnl~try Centrea (in oth� L1ke four o! the eevaa
"It take~ two to three an atter�care otflcer. er wocda, the number dt ex-addlcte lnterviewed,
years to get ott the p~y Once tha tmpre~~lve ex�addlcte who go back he seea hla aalvatlon !!1
cholo~fcal creving," ex- looktn~ client m~n- on druge). A relfable Yet another eacapa~-~
plalned 48�year�old Amir, ggement forma are tilled'. iource wlthln the (iow leavfng Malayaia sIYG-
who ha~ been !n the Pusat ~e roN~~' Y1~it every: ernment puta lt at 96 per ~ther and 11v1ng abroad.
Tnterviews with Inmates
ICuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 23 May 81 p 3
[Article by Patrick Pillaiand Halinah ToddJ
[Text]
RIGlSIDENTS ot the Rua- �"$tarlf~ht
involvea h1t- The re~idents even ldenta being loweat on the
la kubu Baru Rehabillta� tln~ ~ treshle on the fora- have a~udicial system to ecale and the long atand-
tlon Centre have lnltfa- he~?d with one ifnger. ree to the ~ust adminis- 1ng onei hlgh up.
tfob'eenmonle~, poUtfeni Abont 10 or 16 seniors do trstlon of the~e law~ and At the apex of the eub-~
p~rtfes, ~pec141 law~, thf~ about 16 times esch. to mete out punishment. culture it the polltlcal
hl~lier and lower courU. Your forehesd geti Fre~hies who form the ~ystem. Danlel reys
and ~trange forms ot nvoUen. bulk ot law-breskee~ are there are fopr polltleal
puni~hmeat - all thli !a "8ometlma~ ire~hlcs brought before the rifgh - Umno, Kelan� ,
part ot a unique ~ub-cul� ~at punched. but thi~ le or lower court~ depending ~d MIC.
- ture creoted by lnmster done In ~uch s way that oa the ~eriou~ae~e of the ~~ayreryone ~oins one
ot the KKB Pw~t, now In no tell�tale ~1gn~ are letk. ottence. party, depending on hta
a new soliduity. "ARer the lnltiatlon ori aroup lesderi eit ~u ethnlcity. ffiach party ha~
A new entrsnt only be� ~e Nr~t day, the treshie ~udgea. The penalty I~ tte own lasders wlth
come~ a tull fled~ed q~~~ ~~a to recelve'ad- w~~y ~~8~'�ght, push� Umno leaders being the
member of the commun!� ~d � lot of atiec- up~ or a~evere scoldfng, ~op mstr 1n the eyetem."
ty atter goln~ through an ~~o~,~ . Danlel ~ay~. Danlel doea not know
lnltlation ceremony. . "He will be welcome The '~crime and pun� how the Kelantan party
F o r m e r r e s t d e n t lnto the ~roup, and told ~~hment continue~ until W,~ fa~~ or whethar
Danlel, (not h1s real the reven law~ ot the the tre~hle conforms, un- only Kelsntaneae ara
name), who ~pent an un- QpmmuNty. Thase are - til he adapts to tt� ~ sub~ ell~lble to be members.
~ucceaatul ~tlnt at the don't report to the ot� Qulture. "Evantually we all
centre laat yesr aiter ticen, n~pect ell ~eNors "When you finslly move lnto varioue
being on marl~uana and ~d otttcan (1n thst or- learn to tollow the rulas dormitoriee according to
heroin tor 10 yesrs, telle d e r), s h a r e. a 1 I and mi~c with others, you our political sffiliation
the etory: posreasfoa~, don't form a ~ a'8eniore�Bone' - though the centre'e atati
~"We were eub~acted to c 11 q u e w 1 t h o t h e r thst means you re OK. allots each of ue dlfterent
~evere rag~ng on the ~~hfea, don't be lszy, you're one ot ue." dormltoriea, baeed on
tlrst day. hts included don't abecond aad don't 'Pha level ot seniprif�� thelr own criteria.
v f o! e n c e, s u o h a e muturbate. (It makes a depends on the eerial He ea e there were two ~
punching and 'etarliQht pe~n wesk. the senion number ot the new rest- ~~ow lncldents durin
ts~atment'. - ~vd~,~~ dent,wltlithenewert,rer his four�and�a�half
moath ~tay at the centre.
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"One re~tdent, who at the centre wlth ~ome ~et a regular ob). I eoon
wu IeRder ot a polltical natal~ia. He enjoyed the met my old ~ienda and
party at our centrs, dfed i'e~ular regime there - got bsak to heroin;' he
- after dHnking ~pirtt. W~~B up at 8, helping aaid, adding, "~uat Ilke 99
which he hnd ~muggled with chorea, learning a per cent of thoae who
1 n. H e h a d ~ e v e r e trade, plsyln~ gamer and were diecharged at the
stomach paln but d1d not the compaay ot 'clean' eame time as me."
report lt tor fear ot being ~e~~� "But lour and a ha!!
tound ou~ When he was "I wss reluctant to- months ie too ehort. We
need a mtnimum of two. '
eventually cwhed to hw� leava, partly becauee I
pital it waa too lata. grew to like the reguler Ycars at the centre to
"A few others who p~e ot Iife and alao be~ kick the habik Thie w111
- drank the splrlt went re- cauee I teared a relapee. sleo Bive us more time to
Hi~ fear~ were con- lesra a useful trade and
ally pale. Luckily, the ot� [1nd a ob," he said.
flctals et the ceatre acted tlrmed, and sl~c months Ha woutd like to aee
ewlttly and aent tsll of after discharge, he was ~tter recreational facil-
them Lor treatment They , ~k on heroln. itle~ lncludfag more out=
sll came throu h. "I tried very hnrd to !n
g Nght 1t bu! I could not. I B~ ~P~ially in the !st-
"All the othar rest- tried to revive my tn- er otagea ot s rosldent's
dent~ were aleo sent tor a. ~tay.
tere~t in mueic (he was Dsaiel say~ the etaft at
thorou~h check�up, ~wt once a tull tlme musi� the centre were on the
In caae." oleuU, but tsfled. I d!d not
DaNel reosW hl~ ~t tlnd new Mend~ elther. Whole 'OK'. "8ome were
- ~ "I wai ~tuck at home. very bouy, and sotne oth-
~obles~. (He d1d not try to ~ very k1nd,
JAMEB eame ~out ot ths $verythln~ te there - tor P.T. Whlch addlct te'
Pusat a week ago. He Is a w~p, even hot wster. But oln to et out of bed at nact In eituations ae
graduate who held doam the best thing about lt 1~ g g g would meet outeide - to
an executive ob until he g 8.00 sm unless you people's queetiona and
~ you are ln a dru �bea frighten hlm into !t?
lost it through heroin. He environment end you , suspiclons. But moet of
has a very supportive bave time W thlnk sbout But lt thay break the~ theee problema I die-
famlly and he enteredthe ~y heroln hau wu~~ted rules persiatently and cueaed with a close
Puaat voluntarily. He Dur l1fe. P~ ~ too tar then we Mend, not with the ot- ~
was a leader (Asaiatant y glve them a'tall-In tan;~ flcer.
"But the whole eltu- or'blanket party'. "P'Ive of us came out
Captaln) tn the eulrcul- atlvn de ndr on what
ture, but a thorn ln the ~d ot bo~y~ are tn there "It hea a point you Iaat week. ~Ve were eent
~1de of the otticars. � at the time. My group did ~O~'' Addicts are rock- to the HI~ bw stop and
"I had my tront tooth mt believe fn too much headed. And you get put on the bu~ to K.L~. Two
kaocked out wlth a broom vblence so I aever gave ~ugh characters coming ns ue mnde it to K.L~. I
my ttrst day and wa~ ~a sny ~wiior whst Y~ot ~n� , We ~ay: Outeide can tspe ak for the other
beaten untll my ~hirt was you re a Tai Koh; ln here threo but I thinlc they
trom my ~enlore. ~ ~
~oeked !n blood. But that you re a rnouse. went oK to emoke. ~
�(Jsme~ descrlbed how ~~I wes in a group coun� ~~The Welfare Office
1.R the 'sdat'. You ~ust the violence dlminf~hed ~~~~g ~uion ot 13 peo- was closed when I ot
have to take it. ~bnt he clalm~ tull credit p~e. The thlng fa you tell baok io I went to r grt
"They break you down f0r It for hU sroup ot ~en� your ~tory. It took two the naxt Tue~day. The~ af-
boe~. He reture~ to sdmlt ter-care oKlcer wes on
tb aero - and then they month~ toe each of w to
gtve you a cigarette aad that sdminiatratlvs ~tell our ~tory' (mo~tly leave. I waa told to come
oay: Who will help you f1 ~o~++~~e~ had anythin~ to ilei anyway) and then it baok in tao mors weelu.
you fall slck7 Ottloen do with the Improve� w~ tlme to leave the Pu~ ~~e e nd w much
- don't come here st nlght. ~m~n~~ ~+?t. 801t's a n11 re~uit. ~ Y~ .
Only your abanss can ~�^"Our adat was )u~t on the Pu~st - the
hel ou. ~ ~LarU~hta aisd threat~ to � amenttie~ are the beat
p y tri~hten them into obe- Mostly lies And then they ~ust Iesve
-~~It anYbody �~k�d m� dhnce. We disolpltae the �'There wae one ueetul You on the etreef~ They
H'they ~hould go 1nW the don't help you get a ioh
Puaat I would uy 'do'. ~~0~ - m~e them ~eulon at the ead when Juit imagine, if � I didn't ;
IQ'~ a;ood pro~ramme. ~ve thslr b~th, get up we talked about how to have my family to help
me." .
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TECK CHVAN, 22 yeare about all throLgh the tu-'
old, became an addlct naral? How to get money ~~Qc i: '
beforo ha was 16. Ho~ for clgsrettee, to take ~tXCn~~
apent four months ln the back, or I would get ~
Pusat - hla eecond atlnt beaten. "The ofttcers knew,
in rehabllitation. He has what was going on. But
been "cle4n" efnce he "I wea in the MCA ot they never came down to~
came out and !i working. cour~e. Almoet all the the Houeee atter dtnner.�
He ia hlghly intelllgent Chineee !n there nre They didn't want the;
and articulate. gan ters (tn fact, one ot hassle. .
"Onca we ware In one the ~CA rulea 1s 'lenve "We werc taught how
of thelr so-called counnel- a11 outalde allegiancee_at to anewer. The Taf Koh
Iln sersione arrd the ot- the ate') and we talk, told ue that tf an offlcer
B B asked about our taces wo-
ilcOr sald: 'O.K. I'll be endleaely about the glam- were to nn:iwer that we
open with you about my our of life outside - the fell 1n th~ toilet. The ot-
problam and you be open snr~, iha proetltutee. qcer~ would come up to
wlth me about yours.' ~r heroei e~re the gnng. w at Fa11�In and look at
Then he eaid: 'I'm wor- Tsl Kohs. Our biggest the brufeer and say: 'So
rted about my promo- horo wes Botak Chln. you teli 1n the tollet, huh?'
tfon.' ~~And especlally wo- "But tho Tai Kohs in
"What meaning doeo tAik nbout drugs - my time were pretty
that have to a guy who is prfae~, syndfeates, supp- level headed. I heard it
~haking beoause he haa Iy ruutes, quallty, whlch� got worae when the'aapu'
to go out next week onto ~p~ ~o avoid becauee group went 1n there.'
- the sama etreete, the they are etrsS~ht, whlch? Atter-care:
same friends. the ~ame cop~ you don't have to "We were taken by car
pushers ln every corner? N,ony sbou~ If you don't. fro..? K~{B to the Welfare
And he's in a panic, be- know everythfng about, 1~Ilnlstry officea !n Kua1a
ceu,re he doesn't know d~uge when you go in, yow Lumpur. Then a guy
how he !r oln to cope? know when you gat out~ gSves you a date to come
'"Than they keep tell- ~~We are clean, you un- 1n to have your urfne
ing you 'you raust have tested, then ehakee your
will power.' But how do deretand. Neariy every- hand and glvee you a look~
you do that' bodY w+?nts.to etay clean. Uke he won't be eurprised'
"I'l! tell you what we But the psychoioglcat it you don't turn up. .
do !n thie Puea~ There fa craving ia atill there~ In- u y~~ da~ : turn up~
matee talk about the laat~
nothing produetSve oing they wrif,n a taw timea to�
backing' - thst means
on. I enjoyed the k- your la~t add;eos. Cloae
binding but tt's ~no use one good smoke when tfie.
outside. How maay ~obs You get ou~ The laat ~~My tamily aent me to.
are there for ma n ~moke. After that they penang to keep me away
thlnk they can etay clean trom m oId friende. I
cane turnlture? Why Y
, torover. wrote to the Pueat to tel]'
donttheyt~achustyping ~~Vlolence? We are them whero I wae and'
or weldfng. coo ed u for tour
P P they wcote to But-
"In the projecti, cut- months doing nothing terworth Weltare Offlce~
ting grase, making cane~ muoh. Violence and to give me after-care.
furnlture nnd ao on - all olguette~ are the only ~~I rnng that otYicer
we thlnk nbout and talk outlets. (Teck Chuan many t1me~ (moatly be-
- about Is clgarettas. I~low then told the aame etory cau~e I wanted help to
to get them, how to get au all othar ex�addicts in- get a~ob). He we~a never
the money to get them, t~rvtewed: Brutal 1nltla- In.his ottlce atter 9 a,m.
who ~hare~ them and tfon be~ting~, or- Vyhen I did get him he
whero to ~moke them. `an~atfon of the tnmatea kept ssying my tlle
That 1~ the preoccupatfon Into Umno, MCA. etc, b~n't arrfved yat
o! everybody tn the Pu- thelr rlgid hlerarchy "He never teetcd me
~a~, beue~d on senioHty, court for urlne even once. He
he~rings for ottencea gave me no couneelling.
Tai Kohs agalnet tha group's code He gave me no help ta
sad standard pun- flnd a~ob."
! fehmenb - starllght and ' '
�,My mother dled whfie blu~ket parties.).
I waa fn the Puia~ You
know what I .thouQht,
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How '~o Improve Conditions
Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 23 May 81 p 3
[TextJ
A L L t h o s e 1 n� ~ AFTER-CARE
tervlewed had suggea� must oonslst ot coun-
tlons on how the Pusat ~llln`, not Just urine
oould be lmproved. ~w~ and be tollowed
E#ere Is a summary ot tbrou`d tor two years.
_ what they said: I~ sdould Include Job
� SEPAIiATE the p~aaement ad and
oriminsl sddfob trom r~ily aounaelllnR.
those who are tbere ~ THE Mlnlstry
voluatarily. Thls f~ al� ~hould traln nn ellte
ready belns planned oorp~ ot qualltled tull�
by the Weliare and t~roe oounsellon tor
Home At181rs Min� drng addlcb and have
- IstMes. them run the Centres
Placement aad the atter�oare.
Qeneral weltare ot-
tlcen should not be Ia
� HAVE a trausi~ ahArge ot these pro-
tional program me oi R~mme~.
two months between � L~ ~be inmates
the Centres and the ai� of the oentres buy and
ter�ca~e prosramme, ~~oke algarettas. T6a
uoasl~ting ot ~ome oeaving tor oigsrettea
klnd of ~eml�reslden� ~e wuroe oi most oi
tlal plaoe In the city devfant behavlour
trom whloh the e~�ad� ~n the Ceatres.
dfot o~n so to worlc Ii
he hws a Job or oon� � TKY to turn the
tlnue Job trafaing strong group ethor
be un In the centres. whlah exiats among
Th~s tralNn must be the Inmates lnto aa
tn ~ relevan~ trade tn antl�druq ethos, se ex-
whlch he can get A Job lets In some ot the
easlly. . private centres.
CSO: 5300/8349
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MAL.AY S IA
BRIEFS
OPIUM DEN RAIDED--Kuala Lumpur narcotics officers seized approximately 12 kg of raw
opium valued at M$ 89,000 in a raid on an opium den located off Jalan Chow Kit yes-
terday. The den had been under surveillance for about 2 weeks following a tip-off.
They also~found five bottles of prepared opium and several slabs of morphine weigh-
ing 3/4 of a kg. In the past 2 weeks the narcotics unit has arrested 59 persons on
suspicion of narcotics possession and has seized 136 grams of heroin. [Kuala Lumpur
_ NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 12 May 81 p 6]
SENTENCE UPHELD---The Federal Court in Kuala Lumpur has dismissed an appeal by Kam
Eng Chuan, a Thai national. He had been sentenced to life imprisonment and eight
strokes of the rattan for drug trafficking. On 24 February 1981 the Alor Star High
Court found him guilty of trafficking in 7,165 grams of cannabis at the railway sta-
tion in Padang Besar, Kangar on 5 June 1978. Kam said that the police had not told
the truth and that the drugs were not found in his possession. He was told by the
chief justice that he was lucky to have received a life sentence. [Kuala Lumpur
NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 13 May 81 p 2]
HEROIN SENTENCE--Razak bin Said, 22, a laborer, was sentenced to 1-1/2 months in
jail by the Malacca Sessiona Court when he plead guilty to having a tube of heroin
in his possession at a shopping center in Malacca on 1 April 1981. [Kuala Lumpur
NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 13 May~ 81 p 2]
POSSESSION OF HEROIN--Tan Soon Fatt, 26, was sentenced to 2 years in ~ail by.the
Magistrate'g Court in Kluang after he plead guilty to posaessing two tubes of heroin
on 13 February 1981. The offence occured in Kluang. Tan has two previous convic-
tions. In another case, Lai Sin Seng, 30, was sentenced to 15 months in jail after
he admitted being in possession of three tubes of heroin at a bus station in Kluang
on 30 January 1981. [Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in Fnglish 14 May 81 p 8]
LIFE SENTENCE--The Ipoh Sessions Court has sentenced Yee Kim Meng, 23, a tractor
driver, to life imprisonment and four atrokes of the rattan. Yee plead guilty to
trafficking in 248.85 grams of heroin on 14 April 1981 at a house in Ampang New Vil-
lage, Ipoh. His father, Yee Fong Kwai, 58, a mine laborer, brothers Yee Chong Meng,
17, and Yee Yoon Meng, 15, both masona, and sister Yee Lye Kuan, 16, were discharged
when the prosecution withdrew the char~e against ~hem. The prosecutor told the
court that a police party and police dog raided the house, and that the dog sniffed
out 78 plastic packets of narcotics hidden in the house. All five members of the
family ,~ere then arrested. [Kuala Lumpur NEW SUNDAY TIMES in English 24 May 81 p 11]
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TRAFFICKING~IN OPIU1~-Ho It Chiang, 70, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by
the Sessions Court in Ipoh fox trafficking in opium. He admitted trafficking in
1,501 grams of prepared opium and 1,546 grams of raw opium at a house in Rampung
Baru in Port Weld on 27 January 1981. The prosecutor told the court that when a
police party raided the h~use they found opium smoking utensils on a raised plat-
form occupied by Ho and two other persons, and opium concealed under the floor.
Defense counsel told the court that Ho was a victim of a change in circumstances,
a.s he possessed a license to smoke opium that was issued during the colonial per-
iod. Investigations showed that Ho had used the house as an opium den. [I~uala
Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in English 26 May 81 p 7]
~ CSO: 5300/8347
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- I~W ZEALAND
- '
MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRIIv~ TO IMPORT HEROIN
Auckland THE NEW EFALAND HERALD in English 9 Jun 81 p 4
/Text7 A Papatoecoe man was ~ It wai decided~ the deieo- ~ said. a financial disaster,
~ivea money by a co-ac- ' dant aould travet with fala~ and he was told to make a
cuaed to buy heroin and ~ documeata and he was giv~ further trip to recover some
morpWne overseas for im- a larae aa~ount ol cash. of the lass.
po=tation iato New Zea- ' On artlviaQ at Sydney the It was decided he would.go
land. the Ancfcland Dietrict defendant's baggage waa ta go~ay. A temale asso~
Court heard yesterdaq. found to co~aln i12,000. He ~ ciate known to the orgaaiser
The man, whose name was tlew on to Singa~wre but fall� af the trips had already beea
s u D p r e s s e d by Judge? ed to meet hia contact. He ~ aeat there to ssmple heroin~
Augusta Wallace uutil Eur- decided to on to Bangkok � fa purity.
ther a~der ot the court, ~~p~'~o~~~g~ Morphine Bought
pleaded QuittY to three ioiat x~ arrlved on February 9
chargea of mnspiring W im. and was aeen meetiag a per- The defendaat and the
port haoia and im~porting son ' on a. nuatber of womaa met in Bombay and
mo:phine. The charges a~~~~ Mr Grieve said. a kilogtam of hemin ~ waa
named two turther men and Finaadal Dl:aster bcught, but whtn be~ arrived
a woman. The defendant's baggage back in New Zealand the de~
The defendant was com� was checlced when he rt ~dant had no nazcotlcs in
- mitted in custody until June turned to Singapoce. It coa ~ 1~0~ioa.,
19 to appea; thea ia tbg Hi6h tained i2000 but no drugs. ~ i'~1, said Mr Grieve,
~ Court for sentence.. Mr Grieve ~ eaid that ia a~~~ aga~a rettxned
~ to Bombay. He made contact
F~y~ ~~env Bangkok the defendant had' with an Indian taai driver
The Cro~m prosecutoc', Mr h~s aoptact i6000 to ffid of morphine
' Stuart Grieve, Wld the courC heroin, but the deal W~ ~~s put
never materi~liaed. ]is do-
thai in January ot this year ~ r~~ to New Zea- ~to talcum and foot-powder
the defendant ~Has given in� land empt~ handed, brrt had tins.
structions about an overseas Oa arrival at Sydney air�
given eome money to an as-
trip W Singapore and Bang� port on the eeturn journey,
kol~ to an'ange the purrhase ~iate who was to have ~ defendant went to, a cer�
of abaut one kilogi'am of he- ~ get~ taia toilet. He had been told
r~~, into this conntry. ~~ew a ceiling .panel,
' T~ ~~�k ~p W~~ ~ place the containers inside
and leave ~hem there. He
kaew the morphine would be
uplitted a ~hort time later.
He knew it had since ar-
rived ia this countcy.
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PAKISTAN
BRIEFS
HASHISH SEIZED--Karachi, Pakiatan, June 21 (AP)--Customs officials seized 1,456
kilograms of hashish valued at over 14 million U.S. dollars on the black market in
an anti-smug~ling operation on Saturday. According to an official statement, the
haehish was to be smuggled out by boat to the Gulf. no arrests have been made so
far. [Text) [Taipei THE CHINA POST in Enqlish 22 Jun 81 p 6]
HASHISH RECOVERED--Karachi, 4 July--The customs drug inforcement ataff has
recovered 2,000 kg of hashish from the seabed near Layhri Creek. Its price in
the international market is estimated at 200 million rupees. [GF071903 Karachi
JANG in Ur~iu 5 Jul 81 p 12]
FOREI(~tER WITH HEROIN HELD--An Algerian national identified as Hasnani lrianari. was
hauled up for carrying 2,500 grams of un-out heroin powder at the Karachi Airport
- yesterday. The Staff of the Directorate of Intellignece and Investigation (~ustoms
and Excise) fowzd the contraband hidden in a suitcase. According to th~ Directorate
sources he was proceeding to Zurich when intercepted on a spy information. ~he value
of the heroin in the underworld market was atated to be over 20 million. ~rther
investigations are continuing. [Text] [Karachi DAWN in English 25 Jun 81 p 10]
CSO: 5300
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ETHER, ACETONE FOR COCAINE DISTILLERY SEIZID IN RIO
Equipmant Seized~ Gang Members Arrested
- Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in Portuguese 21 May 81 p 12
(Text] Working with the Military Police and Narcotice Bureau, the Federal Pol~ce
this week conf iscated more than 500 liters of ether and acetone as well as fun-
nels and paper f ilters from a f irm in Rio; the intention was to restock the co-
caine diatillery discovered on 13 May in Papucaia, a part of the municipal~ty of
Cachoeira de Macacu, and belonging to an international gang.
- The material was stored at the Kwikasair Company, located at 1322 Rua Otranto in
Parada de Lucas. The ether, acetone and distillery equipment were being stored
on behalf of a Colambian, Jairo Gonzalez Gutierrez, arrested as a member of the
gang which was handling the cocaine traffic connection between Cali (Colombia)
~ and Miami (United States) via Rio.
The material, shnwn to the press yesterday afternoon, had been ordered by Jairo
_ from a firm called Analitica Artigos de Laboratorio Ltda, located at 1346 Rua
Conselheiro Furtado in Sao Paulo. '
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During the same investigation, called by the police "Colombian operation", the
police seized in a machine shop on Rua da Passagem in Botafogo a Dodge Charger
RT, license plate RT SR 4285, belonging to Ghilherme Teshima Perez, another mem-
ber of the gang also arrested last week. The car was being equipped with a
false bottom to tranaport the basic cocaine paste which was to come from
Colombia to Papucaia.
The Gang
The narcotics gang was discovered through the alertness of a guard working for a
small aeroclub in the municipality of Monte Aprazivel in Sao Paulo. The guard
became suspicious when he saw foreigners milling about a single-engine plane
which had ~uat landed on 13 May, and he notified the police.
- The police searched the area and arrested five membera of the gang, but the pilot,
, who was bringing 20 kg of cocaine from Colombia, succeeded in taking off with most
of the drug with him. The police conf iscated only 1.9 kg which was in the false
bottom of a car intended to carry the shipm~nt to Rio.
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