Drug syndicates are flooding Asia with record levels of drugs, with Malaysia seemingly a key distribution hub.
R.AGE investigates the young mules being tricked into moving the drugs, following their trail all the way to the top.
Here's the story of two teenage Malaysians who were arrested in Taiwan
for drug trafficking
This is how young Malaysians are recruited into the dangerous world of transporting drugs.
Family members of drug mules race against time to find evidence that the mules were tricked. Some have been threatened by the syndicates.
“A lot of local gangsters tried to threaten me, but I’m not scared of them, because I have the evidence,” said Thinesh, who is gathering information about the drug syndicate that hired his sister.
Read the handwritten letters by young Malaysian inmates caught for drug smuggling.
In Hong Kong, a drug-busting priest is taking on these drug syndicates.
Through his work as a prison chaplain, he gathers evidence from imprisoned drug mules to expose “the big fish” - suspected drug lords.
“I think it’s absolutely evil what these drug barons are doing. They recruit these innocent, impressionable young people who are desperate for money, and make them do their dirty work.” - Father John Wotherspoon
How young Malaysians are recruited into the drug trade
