3 CHINESE DRUG LORDS WANTED IN RP NABBED IN MALAYSIA

Three Chinese men wanted in the Philippines for manufacturing shabu, one of
them carrying a Philippine passport, have been arrested in Malaysia after
they were caught in a secret shabu factory in the western part of that country.

The information was released yesterday by Undersecretary Anselmo Avenido
Jr., director general of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).

Avenido said Ah Tung or Ah Dong, chemist Lin Tsung Huan, and Qui Lian Jie
alias Randy Ngo and Randy Chua were nabbed during a raid at a shabu
laboratory in Semenyih town in Kajang Selangor district, West Malaysia.

Qui was carrying a Philippine passport, he added. Avenido said Lin and Qui,
who each carried a P500,0000 bounty, were in the wanted list of the
Dangerous Drugs Board.

The shabu laboratory in West Malaysia was set up by Quian Yong Dong, a
target of law enforcement agencies in the Philippines, he added.

Avenido said Quian is believed to be responsible for the establishment of a
shabu laboratory in Antipolo which was discovered last Nov. 21.

Quian was also behind the operation of a shabu laboratory raided by the
police on Dec. 9, 2002, he added.

Avenido said Lin admitted during interrogation that he manufactured shabu
in Metro Manila sometime in April to May 2001 in a laboratory located in an
area that was a two-hour drive from the airport.

In Malaysia, Lin used the same procedure for making shabu in the Metro
Manila laboratory, he added.

PDEA officials said Lin could be referring to the laboratory in Lawang Bato
in Valenzuela City which police had busted.

Qui is believed to be the partner of Quian in setting up shabu laboratories
in the Philippines.

Based on the report of the joint investigation committee, the drug
laboratory in Malaysia looked identical to those in the Philippines.

It was also equipped with similar scrubbers, hydrogenators, freezers,
cooking pots, plastic containers and drying gadgets.

Senior Superintendent Lina Sarmiento, chief of the PDEA Plans and
Operations Service, said the PDEA participated in a recent on-site
inspection of the shabu laboratory in Malaysia, along with representatives
of the Australian Federal Police, United States Drug Enforcement
Administration Special Testing Laboratory, Singapore Forensic Services, the
Central Narcotics Bureau, and the Royal Malaysian Police.