21 July 2008

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AUSTRALIAN NEWSMAN FACES SEVERE PUNISHMENT IN SINGAPORE


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AUSTRALIAN NEWSMAN FACES SEVERE PUNISHMENT IN SINGAPORE

John Cameron, the news director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, has flown to Singapore, where the ABC's South Asia correspondent, Peter Lloyd, has been charged with selling and possessing drugs, the Australian Associated Press reported today (Monday). If convicted, Lloyd could be sentenced to 20 years in prison and between 5 and 15 lashes with a cane. Singapore authorities charge that Lloyd sold a gram of methamphetamine to a Singaporean for $US75.00 and possessed another gram of the drug. Lloyd is currently being held in Singapore's Changi prison.

21/07/2008







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