January 8, 2019      Hello from Malaysia!

Happy New Year to all dear Ming Pao readers from Malaysia where I'm spending a few weeks. I wish everyone good health and every other blessing right through 2019.

My trip to Malaysia has two aims: to visit the families of Malaysians in prison in Hong Kong, and to do publicity to warn Malaysians about the danger of drug trafficking to Hong Kong.

In the final nine months of 2018 there were 23 young Malaysians arrested for drug trafficking in Hong Kong - most of them arrrested at Hong Kong airport. That figure 23 is greater than the combined total for all of Africa and all of South America!

One main reason for this flow of drug mules from Malaysia is the lack of security at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. One young drug mule had 9kg (!) in his checked-in luggage ... not detected at KLIA.