Drug ring charges denied

A car salesman and his family were key players in a drug smuggling ring that brought $47 million in proceeds into Hong Kong, a court heard yesterday.

Twelve batches of heroin were transported inside water heaters to a syndicate in Sydney between July 1994 and October 1995, the High Court heard.

Shing Siu-ming, 34, denies conspiring to traffic the drugs. He was said to have earned at least $14 million from the trade. His wife, Kwong Po-yin, 30, is accused of laundering $2.6 million and his sister, Seng Yuet-fung, also 30, is charged with laundering $1.57 million. Both deny the charges.

The trial continues before Mr Justice Mohammed Saied.