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A documentary about the Mr Asia drug syndicate, which collapsed 25 years ago after the discovery of a handless body in a Lancashire quarry. The discovery of the body of Christopher Martin Johnson, dubbed "Mr Asia", and co-founder of a major drugs syndicate, started the search for Terry Clark, the syndicate's leader, already wanted by the international police for several murders in Australia. He was living in England under the name Terry Sinclair. He was convicted of the contract murder and died in prison.

Documentary Series

Primary Title
  • Expose
Secondary Title
  • The Real Mr Asia
Date Broadcast
  • Wednesday 27 October 2004
Start Time
  • 20 : 30
Finish Time
  • 21 : 30
Duration
  • 60:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • Documentary Series
Episode Description
  • A documentary about the Mr Asia drug syndicate, which collapsed 25 years ago after the discovery of a handless body in a Lancashire quarry. The discovery of the body of Christopher Martin Johnson, dubbed "Mr Asia", and co-founder of a major drugs syndicate, started the search for Terry Clark, the syndicate's leader, already wanted by the international police for several murders in Australia. He was living in England under the name Terry Sinclair. He was convicted of the contract murder and died in prison.
Classification
  • Unknown
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • Crime
  • Documentary
Hosts
  • David Lomas (Reporter)
Contributors
  • Jude Callen (Network Executive)
  • Ross Jennings (Executive Producer)
  • John Keir (Producer)
  • David Lomas (Director)
  • John Bates (Director)
  • Screentime (Production Unit)
  • TVNZ (Production Unit)