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The never-before-revealed phone call that kicked off the Pong Su drug saga
How did police know there was a drug ship with hundreds of kilograms of heroin approaching the Victorian coast? It all started with one phone call in Thailand.
- by Richard Baker
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Were they executed? The fate of the Pong Su crew when they got back to North Korea
Detective Appleby, who is the AFP’s senior liaison officer in Hong Kong, stressed that though it was his informed belief that as many as 26 of the 30 crew were executed, it was not a confirmed fact.
- by Richard Baker
Watch: The Pong Su tapes
A trove of police tapes and news footage unveils fascinating and dramatic moments in the Pong Su saga.
- by Richard Baker and Rachael Dexter
Behind the scenes of The Last Voyage of the Pong Su
An inside look into The Age and Sydney Morning Herald's latest podcast The Last Voyage of the Pong Su.
- by Rachael Houlihan
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Last Voyage of the Pong Su
After 16 years, North Korea finally stops denying Pong Su drug smugglers
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
'Take the fun out of drug trafficking,' says Pong Su chief investigator
The Pong Su's haul of heroin was a record 150 kilograms. Nowadays, a tonne of drugs is a daily occurrence, says a senior AFP detective.
- by Richard Baker
The heroin shipped to Australia by the Pong Su was probably a knock-off brand
The heroin was bearing the Double UO Globe branding - one of the major brands in the illicit drug market. However it was revealed it was most likely a high-quality fake.
- by Richard Baker
Who's who in 'The Last Voyage of the Pong Su'?
Meet the faces behind the voices in our latest investigative podcast series.
Passing secret notes: How the Pong Su's radio operator broke ranks
Jong Dok-hong was in detention at Baxter immigration centre when he passed a series of notes to Australian authorities suggesting how they conduct their investigation.
- by Richard Baker
'They need a lawyer': The man who represented the Pong Su's North Korean crew
Jack Dalziel sent a letter to the North Korean embassy in Canberra saying the Pong Su crew needed him. A few weeks later, a group of men turned up at his office.
- by Richard Baker
'Outlaw' tattoos and fingerprints reveal identity of Pong Su drug trafficker
Chin Kwang Lee revealed to police, in custody, his distinctive dragon tattoo and four Chinese characters inked on his back roughly translated to "outside the law".
- by Richard Baker
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