Woman sought over meth bust

By REBECCA KUKU
POLICE are looking for an ethnic Chinese Papua New Guinean woman in connection with a K33 million worth of methamphetamine (meth) bust on March 21.
Acting deputy commissioner (special operations) Donald Yamasombie said Mei Ling was supposed to return to Port Moresby that day, but instead flew to China.
Mei Ling could not be reached for comment, but PNG Immigration and Citizenship Authority chief migration officer Stanis Hulahau confirmed she was a PNG citizen.
Yamasombie said the meth that was seized in Australia was traced to Mei’s KC2 warehouse on Lae’s Seventh Street, Morobe.
“We believe KC2 was a storage facility for meth and the drug originated from Port Moresby,” he added.
On March 21, 88 plastic bags of meth was transported from KC2 in a security (named) vehicle to Bulolo where it was flown to Australia.
“Mei is the owner and director of KC2,” Yamasombie said.
She flew to Brisbane, days before the meth bust, and was brought in for questioning by the Australian Federal Police, but was let go after police did not have enough evidence to charge her.”
Shortly after her release, Lae police arrested and charged 43-year-old Chun Li, from Guangdong, China, for allegedly trafficking the meth from KC2 premises to Bulolo.
“Mei was born in PNG and is a second generation citizen,” Hulahau said.
“She has equal rights to do business in the country, but if she is found guilty of being part of the meth trafficking, then her citizenship will be revoked.”
The Chinese Embassy in Port Moresby said it had not received any visa application from Mei to enter China.
“We would like to emphasise that drugs are a common enemy of mankind,” the embassy statement read.
“The Chinese government takes a ‘zero tolerance’ to drugs, and severely cracks down on drug production, trafficking and other kinds of drug crimes and takes an active part in international counter-narcotic law enforcement cooperation under the framework of the United Nations conventions on drug control.
“The international community has recognised and respected it.”