Most Malaysians held for drug crimes abroad detained in Indonesia, China

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Malaysia reported 1,588 citizens detained overseas for drug-related offences as of September, with the largest numbers in Indonesia and China. The deputy foreign minister attributed frequent arrests in part to increasingly sophisticated drug-smuggling methods.

The number of Malaysians detained overseas for drug-related offences increased to 1,588 as of September this year, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Lukanisman Awang Sauni. Lukanisman said the five countries with the highest numbers of Malaysians detained were Indonesia (381), China (380), Singapore (310), Thailand (102) and Japan (72). He said increasingly sophisticated drug-smuggling methods had contributed to the frequent arrests of Malaysians overseas. “A total of 1,181 Malaysians were...