Malaysian beautician detained in China for carrying friend’s bag filled with TCM pills
- Lisa Lim spent 30 days in a jail after airport authorities found a huge amount of traditional Chinese medicine in the luggage
- She was also left alone while her friends, including the bag’s owner, boarded the flight to return home following their holiday in Kunming
A favour of carrying a friend’s luggage at the airport had landed a Malaysian beautician a month-long stint in a Chinese lock-up.
Despite drug-sniffing dogs discovering no signs of narcotics, Lisa Lim, 45, was still detained for further investigations. Her ordeal began when her friend and business supplier, who holds the honorific title Datin, sought her help to carry a luggage as they arrived at the airport upon completing a group holiday in Kunming on January 7.
“My friend said she had other baggage to look after, so I did not think much [of it] and agreed.
“At the security checkpoint, the personnel found a huge amount of traditional Chinese medicine in the luggage and detained me,” she said, adding she was left alone while her friends, including the bag’s owner, boarded the flight to return home.
Lim said she was first told that she would only be kept for three days.