Sun Sheau Huei
Director
Undercover Asia (2014)
Season 6
This flagship investigative series digs deep into the underbelly of Asia to uncover stories about passport forgers, medical refugees, and desperate people caught in the crossfire of politics.
Released April 1, 2014
Episode 46 min
14+
S6E1 - Smuggling for Survival
Cancer patients in China desperate for targeted drugs are turning to India. But they face many risks as they navigate the web of shady manufacturers and gray areas in the drug market.
Jan. 28, 2019, midnight
S6E2 - The Forgers
Meet "The Doctor", who has helped drug dealers, criminals and terrorists move freely across borders, often to deadly effect. We get exclusive access to one of the world’s most notorious passport forgers, as he speaks to us from inside the prison walls in Thailand.
Feb. 4, 2019, midnight
S6E3 - Fish Wars
Why is the farming of pangasius in Vietnam so controversial, especially in the West? We investigate the mass production of this fish also known as dory, basa fish, and catfish.
Feb. 11, 2019, midnight
S6E4 - Maldives - Trouble in Paradise
Maldives is known as a tourist paradise, but the locals live a very different life here. What are the social and political forces that are turning their young men to terrorism?
Feb. 18, 2019, midnight
S6E5 - North Korean Ghost Ships
Fishing ships from North Korea, discovered with dead bodies onboard, have been washing up on Japan's shores. We investigate why there has been a spike in the number of these"ghost ships".
Feb. 25, 2019, midnight
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S6E6 - Evaporated People
Every year, nearly 100,000 Japanese vanish without a trace. They are known as johatsu, or “evaporated people”. What drives them to engineer their own disappearances?
March 4, 2019, midnight
Network: Channel NewsAsia
Episode Runtime: 46 min.
Season Runtime: 3581 min.
Released: April 1, 2014
Last Air Date: May 19, 2023, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR / 14+
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