Britons' drug trial postponed<\/p>\n
BANGKOK (Reuter): The trial of two Britons charged with heroin
\ntrafficking was postponed yesterday because a defense witness
\nfailed to appear, officials at Bangkok's criminal court said.<\/p>\n
They said the trial of Sandra Gregory, 29, from Halifax, and
\nRobert Lock, 30 from Cambridge, would resume on May 3.<\/p>\n
They were arrested at Bangkok airport in February 1993 on
\nheroin trafficking charges when they were searched as they were
\nabout to board a flight to Japan. Gregory was found with 102
\ngrams of heroin in her possession.<\/p>\n
Gregory pleaded guilty while Lock pleaded innocent.<\/p>\n
She told an earlier hearing that Lock had promised to pay her
\nfor carrying the drugs to Japan. Lock then accused Thai police of
\npressuring Gregory into testifying against him.<\/p>\n
Heroin trafficking carries the death penalty in Thailand
\nthough the sentence is invariably commuted to a lengthy prison
\nterm.<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Philippines-US
\nRP, U.S. to review defense ties
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN2<\/p>\n
RP, U.S. to review defense ties<\/p>\n
MANILA (AFP): Top Philippine and U.S. military officials are
\nto meet here to review defense ties between the two countries, an
\narmed forces spokesman said yesterday.<\/p>\n
Philippine military spokesman Lt. Col. Leopoldo Maligalig said
\nmembers of the Philippine-U.S. Mutual Defense Board are to hold
\nthe quarterly meeting today at the armed forces headquarters
\nhere.<\/p>\n
Philippine armed forces chief Gen. Arturo Enrile, U.S. 13th
\nAir Force commander Maj. Gen. Richard Swope and Lt. Gen. Robert
\nOrd, chief of the U.S. Army Pacific Command, were expected to
\nlead the delegations.<\/p>\n
Maligalig said the two armies would exchange military
\ninformation, update security assistance, and plan for the next
\njoint military exercises.<\/p>\n
It will be the board's seventh session since U.S. forces
\nwithdrew from the Philippines in 1992 after Manila terminated a
\nlease on Washington's military bases, Maligalig said.<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-China-Malaysia
\nChina investigates trawler incident
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN3<\/p>\n
China investigates trawler incident<\/p>\n
BEIJING (AFP): China said yesterday that it was investigating
\na recent incident in which Malaysian navy patrol boats reportedly
\nopened fire on an armed Chinese trawler that ignored warnings to
\nstop in Malaysian waters.<\/p>\n
\"The relevant department of China is investigating the
\nspecifics of this incident,\" said a foreign ministry spokeswoman.<\/p>\n
Malaysian police said on Monday that four of the 16 crew
\naboard the Swee Yee trawler were \"slightly injured\" during a two-
\nhour chase drama off Malaysia's southern Sarawak state last
\nThursday.<\/p>\n
A local police official said five AK-47 rifles, a machine gun
\nand some ammunition were found aboard the trawler, which had been
\nlicensed by the Chinese government to carry arms for protection
\nagainst pirates.<\/p>\n
Malaysian navy patrol boats which chased the trawler issued
\nrepeated warnings before opening fire, the official said. The
\ncrew members are now being detained at a Sarawak police lock-up
\nand are expected to be charged in court within two weeks, he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Singapore-murder
\nBlood samples sought for evidence
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN4<\/p>\n
Blood samples sought for evidence<\/p>\n
SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore has sought blood samples from
\nfamily members of a South African engineer who is believed to
\nhave been murdered, dismembered and dumped in the sea here last
\nweek, police said yesterday.<\/p>\n
Gerard George Lowe, a 32-year-old engineer with South African
\nBreweries, disappeared after arriving in Singapore on March 8 for
\na shopping trip.<\/p>\n
A week later, several body parts were found floating off a
\npier here, leading to press speculation that they were the
\nremains of the South African.<\/p>\n
Police said yesterday they were uncertain if Lowe had been
\nmurdered and had asked for blood samples from his parents,
\nsiblings and relatives in South Africa to do genetic tests on the
\nrecovered human parts.
\n\"The blood samples are on the way. We have not confirmed if the
\nbody (parts) belong to the South African,\" a police spokesman
\nsaid. The Straits Times daily quoted a government pathologist,
\nChao Tzee Cheng, as saying that the blood samples could provide a
\n\"vital piece of evidence\" to the case.<\/p>",
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