Singapore

December 4, 2008

Peter Lloyd’s job held on ice

ABC report that jailed foreign correspondent Peter Lloyd could end up keeping his job after he completes his ten month Singapore prison sentence for drugs possesion, The director of news and current affairs, John Cameron, said Lloyd was one of the best journalists to have worked at the ABC. “His colleagues feel for him,” Mr […]


December 2, 2008

Peter Lloyd sentenced to ten months

Peter Lloyd, the foreign correspondent arrested in Singapore in July on drugs charges, has been sentenced to ten months in Prison. The New Delhi-based correspondent received eight months in prison for possession and consumption of methamphetamine and an additional two months for “possessing drug paraphernalia stained with ketamine”, Lloyd’s reaction to the sentence could not […]


August 8, 2008

Peter Lloyd could face 10 months

Peter Lloyd, the ABC journalist arrested in Singapore last month, could face 10 months in prison for possession of drugs. A Singaporean man who said he bought drugs from Lloyd has already been jailed for 10 months. The New Delhi-based foreign correspondent still faces a number of related charges, Lloyd, 41, also faces charges of […]


July 20, 2008

ABC News man on Singapore drugs charge

Peter Lloyd, the New Delhi based South Asia correspondent for ABC News, was arrested for selling the drug “Ice” in Singapore at the weekend. He is expected to be charged today and could face up to twenty years in prison. The Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith said, “Let me make this general point to […]