2024
Dec 14: Letter from a young HK man in prison in HK for drug trafficking ....working two jobs with little sleep did not solve his money problems ...then he was led by bad friends into the drug world ... his sincere remorse ....the effects on his family... his sense of abandonment by his friends ... his determination to improve himself ...his extensive warning to others - English Chinese
Dec 13: Letter from a Ugandan father of 3 children ....in prison in HK for drug trafficking ...saying how economic desperation led him to make a tragically wrong decision about how to get money for his family ...with a warning to other people not to make the same mistake - here
Dec 12: Letter from 27 year old man from India, father of 3 young children, his story of how he got caught up in the world of drug trafficking ... and his extended warning to other people to avoid that drug world at all costs - as illustrated by the Voice for Prisoners team - here
Dec 8: Letter in English and Chinese from a 35 year old HK mother in prison for drug trafficking after she helped a friend mind a parcel of drugs. Her story, her regret and her warning to others not to make the same mistake: English Chinese
Nov 27: Letter from a man from Zambia in prison in HK for drug trafficking ... his from-the-heart story, his frequently-expressed remorse, the sad effects of detention on his family, his warning to others not to get involved in drug trafficking:

In English in illustrated form by staff of Voice for Prisoners - here
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Nov 29: Letter from a 48 year old HK man - his background story, his feeling of failure, his remorse, his warning to others: Free Thailand holiday trap *** 「免費遊泰」騙局
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Nov 22, 2024 & Feb 7, 2025: Letters
from a HK husband and wife facing
extremely long sentences in prison for drug trafficking ... how Covid time
financial difficulties led to their getting involved in the world of drug
trafficking ... their remorse ... their warning to others:
English 01
English 02
Chinese
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Nov 3: One of the saddest stories I have ever posted ... from a young HK woman who had a terrible childhood which led to the world of drug use and drug trafficking ...with a warning to others not to make the same mistakes, even if life is difficult: English Chinese
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Oct 31: Letter from a 54 year old HK woman, mother of several children ... her story of a troubled family background ...then complicated friendships which led to drug trafficking, with her remorse and a warning to others to avoid drug trafficking: English Chinese
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Oct 18: Letter from a
30 year old South American woman who sadly entered the world of drug
trafficking to try to get money for her family ...with a vivid description of
her ordeal in swallowing and then expelling pellets of cocaine ....with her
warning to others to say "No" if in a similar situation:
Sweet
invitation from a bitter destiny *** Doce
convite de um amargo destino
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Oct 9: Moving letter from a mother of 4 from Portugal ... how economic hardship influenced her to make a fatal decision to swallow drugs and take them to HK ... with a sad warning to other people not to take the same tragic path - English Portuguese
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Oct 4: Letter by a man from Nimibia in Southern Africa, describing the financial and other challenges which influenced him to make a fatal decision to take drugs to HK .... his story being a warning to others not to make the same mistake - here. And on FB here
Sep 8: Some people say
it's ok to use cannabis. Well, this letter from a
young Brazilian man records how cannabis led to cocaine ...and disaster.
Completely
blinded by cocaine addiction *** Completamente
cego pelo vicio da cocaina
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Sep 7: Letter from a local HK man in prison for drug trafficking ... his detailed and sad account of how he got involved in the drug world, the terrible effects on his family, his loneliness and pain in detention, his desire to reform, his warning to others not to make the same mistakes: English Chinese
Aug 27: Letter from a young HK man in prison for drug trafficking ... how he "got into trouble" from school days ... then drugs ... then prison ...with sad effects on his family ... and his wish to change ... and hope that other people don't make the same mistakes: English
Aug 6: Beyond the stormy waves - powerful letter from a young HK man from a fishing background on Cheung Chau Island ... how family tragedies and Covid led to economic hardship ... and to his involvement in drug trafficking ... with his remorse and resolution to change his life ...and a warning to others not to make the same mistakes: English Chinese
Aug 4: The life of a young woman behind bars - letter from a South African mother - her remorse, her sadness at being away from her family, her desolation at being in prison .... all as a warning to others not to get involved in drug trafficking
July 17: From a 23 year old Brazil man in prison in HK for drug trafficking: Completely blinded by cocaine addiction *** Portuguese
July 10: From a
US grandfather in prison in HK for drug trafficking ... a most unusual
letter ... a summary of his story ... and an offer to answer questions about
drug trafficking .... as a warning to others ... with photos of the clothing
which contained drugs:

July 7: Tragic
letter from a young HK woman ... broken home ... left school early ... bad
friends ...drug taking ... drug trafficking ... the sadness of being in prison
... remorse and regret .... hoping others will not experience such tragedy:
Passed
around like a ball *** 如一顆被踢來踢去的球
July 2: Letter
from a HK man in prison in HK for
fraud. How he chose the wrong way to deal with his economic problems, his
hardship in prison, his warning to others not to make the same mistake: AI
English translation here
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June 6: Will I ever see my children again? - illustrated letter from a Ugandan man in prison in HK for bringing drugs ... his sad story and his warning to others to avoid the same tragedy
June 1: Sad letter from a
25 year old Brazilian mother of 5 children ... in prison for bringing
drugs in her body to HK: Five
little angels *** Meus
cinco anjinhos *** Her previous letter here
(Aug 1)
May 23: Third letter from a
HK man in prison. His first and second letters - see 2020 index, May 31
& July 8. This third letter explains why he is in prison a second time, not
for drug trafficking as for the first time, but for robbery ... again with many
sad consequences for himself and his family:

May 14: Letter from a local HK woman in prison on a drug trafficking charge .... her story of how gambling debts lead to drug trafficking ... with a warning to others not to make the same mistake: English Chinese
May 1: Moving
letter from a young mother from
Kenya on a drug trafficking
charge ....the story of her desperate need for money ... her fatal choice for
trying to get easy money ... the sadness of her detention ... her warning to
others not to make such a sad choice - From
miracle to ruin
May 1:
Interview in
Cantonese with local HK woman who was tricked on FB to bring drugs to HK from
Thailand
April 7: Letter
in English from 26 year old HK woman
....from broken home ....drug addict boyfriend ..... resolved to avoid drugs in
the future
April 7: Letter from 32 year old local HK man ....how and why he got involved in drugs ....how being in prison has shocked his family ...his warning to others not to make the same mistake. English Chinese
April 6: Moving letter
from a Kenyan single mother of two
....how economic hardship was linked to her fatal decision to bring drugs to
Hong Kong ... and the terrible suffering she has experienced being away from her
family ...with a strong warning to others not to put themselves and their
families into the same sad situation - here
April 1: Illustrated
letter from 38 year old Ugandan woman
in prison in HK ... how economic hardship led to dangerous friendships and drug
trafficking ... then the sadness of being in prison ... and a warning to others
not to make the same mistake - here
March 23: Very sad letter from local HK single mother of three ....how financial desperation led her to get involved in drug trafficking .... the tragic effects of this involvement on her family .... her warning to others not to make the same mistakes.... in illustrated form: English Chinese
March 22: Most moving letter from an African man, a father of 3 young children, now in prison for bringing drugs to HK from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia:
This
letter, with a subsequent letter, illustrated by staff of No More Mules -
here
March 19: Moving letter from a local HK woman in prison for drug trafficking ... from a very sad family ... her mother committed suicide ... her father in a wheelchair ... financial problems.... with a warning to others not to make the same mistake: illustrated here in Chinese
March 5: Three
long letters in Chinese from a local man in detention on a money laundering
charge .... his story, his distress, his warning to others not to make the same
mistakes:
March 3: An experience that will never be forgotten - the story of a young Brazil man in prison in HK for bringing drugs in his body: English; Portuguese
Feb 19: Complicated and sad story of a 40 year old local HK woman .... her health issues ...how and why she got involved in the world of drugs ...her experience in detention .... all as a warning to other people not to have anything to do with drugs: illustrated here in English and Chinese
Feb 14: Very sad letter from 45 year old local HK man, a single father ... why he got involved with drugs, how his mistake has affected his family, his warning to others not to make the same mistake: The letter in illustrated form here
Feb 4: Distressing letter in English from 23 year old HK man in prison for drug trafficking .... his terrible background *** Letter in Chinese