Month: June 2026

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I want to share a bit about my family background. I lived with my parents, my girlfriend, and my daughter. I have two older sisters and an older brother who has already moved out; they are all married.

After finishing Form 5, I worked as a warehouse clerk. In August 2018, when my daughter was born, I first came into contact with drugs through coworkers. I was arrested in November 2018, which led to my first conviction.

I was released in April 2021. After that, I cut off contact with those old coworkers and returned to warehouse work, though I still lost jobs more than once. In September 2022, someone I met in prison tried to recruit me to sell drugs, and I refused.

But in January 2023, because of financial pressure and my father needing eye surgery, I gave in to greed and agreed to sell drugs.

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The real state of my life

I am 37 years old and was born in Hong Kong, with a post-secondary level of education. I am the eldest daughter in my family. Due to my parents’ work commitments, I have lived with my grandparents since infancy, so my relationship with them is particularly close.

In 2009, I entered the real estate industry until 2019 when the pandemic broke out. At the time I had just separated from my husband, with whom I have an 11-year-old son. I became a single mother.

Soon after I came to know a man who proved a very bad influence in my life. We both worked in real estate together but lost our jobs due to COVID-19; I worked part-time as a waitress while he struggled with depression, alcoholism, and gambling. He exhausted both his savings and mine and became physically abusive — neighbors called police several times. I feared him greatly.

Because the apartment was rented in my name, I could not escape being implicated. That was when I realised that he had lied about working at night — he had in fact been trafficking drugs.

In June 2023, he was arrested for drug use and spent a week in hospital. This was the first time I learned of his drug habit. After his release, I believed him when he promised to quit. However, every day I went to work and returned home late at night, often finding that he was not at home. We quarrelled over this and he claimed he was going out at night to work, asked me not to scold him, and promised he would definitely quit drugs. I believed him at the time because I thought he feared going to prison and was determined to change.

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Happily never after

I am 19 years old and I was born and have lived in France my whole life. I was 18 when I arrived in Hong Kong with 12 kg of ketamine in my luggage. My lawyer told me I am facing 10–15 years of imprisonment. When I heard this, it was the most unreal thing that has ever happened to me. All I could do was accept my circumstances and build my relationship with God while waiting to return to society.

Before doing this “job,” I had a regular life: a girlfriend, work, and I even got an apartment with my friend in 2025.

How it all began was very casual. A mutual friend came up to me, mentioned that a job was available, and asked if I was interested. However, they didn’t know any specifics about what the “job” was. I spontaneously agreed and asked for some sort of contract or contact so I could reach them. Soon after, they told me they would give me a number.

When I finally spoke with that person, they told me what I was supposed to do and reassured me that it was “safe,” explaining that it was impossible to be arrested because everything had been tested and planned thoroughly, and that they had “connections” at the airports who were paid so the bag could not be stopped or searched.

It sounded like a living fairy tale. Unfortunately, it turned out to be the furthest thing from what I had hoped for.

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