Laos drug conviction challenged (BBC News)

Source: Yahoo News Lawyers for pregnant Samantha Orobator, convicted of smuggling heroin in Laos, start legal action to have her released from British custody.

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Ministry of Public Security open representative office in Laos (Nhân Dân)

Source: Yahoo News A representative office for Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security was officially inaugurated in Laos’s capital city of Vientiane on August 26.

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Thai PM Reaffirms Plan to Link Railway to Neighboring Countries in Mekong Basin

Source: VOA News Under the plan, the railway in northern Thailand will be linked to China’s Yunnan province via northern Laos while northeastern Thailand will be connected to the Lao capital city of Vientiane, central Laos and central Vietnam.

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Laos drug conviction challenged (BBC News)

Source: Yahoo News Lawyers for pregnant Samantha Orobator, convicted of smuggling heroin in Laos, start legal action to have her released from British custody.

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British woman jailed in Laos for drug smuggling appeals (Daily Telegraph)

Source: Yahoo News Samatha Orobator who was jailed in Laos on drugs charges and returned to Britain to serve her sentence has launched a legal challenge against her conviction.

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Pregnant Briton appeals Laos heroin smuggling conviction (Toronto Sun)

Source: Yahoo News LONDON — Lawyers representing a pregnant woman jailed for life in Laos for trafficking heroin say she’s appealing her conviction. Twenty-year-old Samantha Orobator was allowed to return to Britain this month to serve out her jail term.

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Legal challenge over ‘unsafe’ Laos drugs conviction (Independent)

Source: Yahoo News A woman jailed in Laos on drugs charges who returned to the United Kingdom to serve her sentence launched a legal challenge today against her conviction.

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Laos: Crimes on the Rise in Vientiane Capital

Source: VOA News Lao authorities admit crimes have been on the rise in the capital city of Vientiane and increasingly violent in nature, adding that in the past three months alone they arrested more than 320 members of various organized crime groups.

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SHOOTERS AIM TO GUN DOWN FOUR GOLD MEDALS IN LAOS (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

Source: Yahoo News KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 (Bernama)– The National Shooting Association of Malaysia (NSAM), are hoping for their shooters to gun down at least four gold medals at the Laos SEA Games, scheduled from Dec 9-18.

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UK return plea in Laos drug case

Source: Big News Network The sister of a sick Briton serving a life sentence for drug smuggling in Laos has pleaded for him to be allowed to complete his term in a UK prison.John Watson, 47, from Bradford, was named by fellow…

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