Pong Su
A North Korean dictator, bags of heroin, drug lords, spooks, sailors, Australian cops and a web of lies: Come aboard The Last Voyage of The Pong Su.
Episodes
Episode 1: "This f---ing boat"
North Korean cargo ship the Pong Su comes dangerously close to Australia’s Great Ocean Road shoreline as part of a high-risk, high-reward operation to import a record amount of heroin. Coastal locals have never seen anything like it.
- by Richard Baker
Episode 2: Master Sun's big gamble
Pong Su skipper Song Man Sun embarks on his final journey before retirement, while Australian police get a big break as they covertly track suspected Asian crime syndicate foot soldiers around Melbourne’s casino and the nearby Great Ocean Road coast.
- by Richard Baker
Episode 3: Going fishing
Secretly bugged conversations give Australian police clues about the immense scale of the heroin import. On board the Pong Su, two men prepare to risk everything to make it happen.
- by Richard Baker
Episode 4: "Do you believe in luck?"
Tension among the Asian crime syndicate members is at breaking point, while police keep finding their best laid plans are going astray. A dead body on the beach throws everyone off their game.
- by Richard Baker
Episode 5: Hot pursuit
A dramatic chase at sea unfolds to stop a fleeing Pong Su. The North Korean crew fears the worst for their Master after they are told by their superiors in Pyongyang to stop and fight.
- by Richard Baker
Episode 6: Hidden Forces
The ship has been linked to the hermit kingdom's Division 39, whose operations include running drugs. So, who was the money intended for?
- by Richard Baker
Episode 7: You need a lawyer
The legal battle begins to save the Pong Su crew and a special relationship builds between a suburban Melbourne solicitor and a mysterious North Korean man who has everyone guessing.
- by Richard Baker
Episodes 8: The defector's choice
Australian prosecutors travel to Seoul to meet North Korean defectors as they try to understand the power structure on board the Pong Su. While laboratory results tell police there is something different about the Pong Su’s heroin.
- by Richard Baker
Episode 9: The most free they'd ever be
Nerves are frayed on all sides as a marathon courtroom case concludes. The Australian government plans for a spectacular end to the Pong Su.
- by Richard Baker
Episode 10: Reckoning
For 16 years, two men at the centre of the Pong Su saga denied they were from North Korea, and the rogue nation disowned them. Last July, all that changed.
- by Richard Baker
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