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.