ABC correspondent arrested on drug charges
The ABC’s South Asia correspondent Peter Lloyd has been arrested in Singapore on drug charges. The 41 years old was arrested earlier this week & is expected to be charged with drug-related offences today.
He will face up to 20 years jail & 15 strokes of the cane if found guilty of drug charges. Police from Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau arrested Lloyd on Wednesday. He is accused of supplying a Singapore man with methamphetamine, or ice.
A court official in Singapore told Agence France Presse a court hearing for Lloyd was under way but she could not yet confirm whether charges had been formally laid. An official from ABC said Lloyd was in Singapore on leave from his post in New Delhi. He said, “We currently are seeking further information and are in contact with consular officials in Singapore”.
ABC director of news John Cameron said the broadcaster had been advised by Foreign Affairs that Lloyd had been arrested was likely to be charged with drug-related offences.
He said, “The ABC has not been told the full details of the case, but we were aware that Peter had been undergoing hospital treatment in Singapore for a serious eye infection which he contracted while on leave”.
Lloyd joined the ABC in 1988, working in the Sydney television newsroom for three years before moving to Britain to work for the BBC & British Sky News. He has been the ABC’s South Asia correspondent since 2002
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