No extradition

KUALA LUMPUR: Washington lost its bid to extradite a Thai merchant wanted in the United States for drug trafficking. Malaysia's High Court ordered Lin Chien Pang, 53, freed after ruling that there was insufficient evidence to back allegations linking him to drug warlord Khun Sa, but he was re-arrested on a passport charge.

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