Peter Lloyd (ABC correspondent)

Peter Lloyd (born 1967) was the South Asia correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Based in New Delhi, Lloyd reported for the Australian national broadcaster across all national and international radio and television news and current affairs programs.

Lloyd was due to return to Australia to co-host "Breakfast News" with Virginia Trioli on ABC2 from October 2008, however, he was arrested in Singapore on drugs charges. [cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/abc-correspondent-on-singapore-drug-charges-20080718-3hka.html|title=ABC correspondent on Singapore drug charges|last=Smiles|first=Sarah|coauthors=Ricketson, Matthew and Arup, Tom|date=2008-07-19|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=2008-07-19]

Education

Educated at St Gregory's College in Campbelltown, he graduated as Dux, or top of his class, before going on to earn a Bachelors Degree in Journalism at the then Mitchell College of Advanced Education in Bathurst in the central-west of New South Wales. Fact|date=July 2008

Awards

Twice nominated for national awards, Lloyd covers news and events that happen in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bhutan and Bangladesh. Between 2002 and mid 2006, Peter Lloyd was based in Bangkok in Thailand covering the South East Asia region for the ABC. Reporting across the ten ASEAN states, Lloyd earned praise for distinguished reporting of the repeat Bali bombings and tsunami disaster.

Previous employment

Lloyd has also worked for the BBC, Sky News and two Australian commercial television networks in varying roles from presenter to program producer.

Drug arrest

On 18 July 2008, Lloyd was arrested in Singapore and the local police have charged him with drug-related offences. Police have alleged that Lloyd was found in possession of a small quantity of the drug 'ice', one improvised smoking pipe, and six syringes. The Singaporean police have said that his urine tested positive for amphetamines and he is being investigated for trafficking a controlled drug.cite web |title=ABC correspondent facing drug charges in Singapore |publisher=abc.net.au |date=July 18 2008 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/18/2307570.htm |accessdaymonth=18 July |accessyear=2008]

Lloyd was released on bail of SGD 60 000, posted by his lover Mohamed Mazlee bin Abdul Malik.citation |url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24082542-5017701,00.html |title=Lloyd's saviour was gay lover |periodical=The Sunday Telegraph |first=Lisa |last=Davies |date=July 27, 2008 |accessdate=2008-09-01 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/people/lloyd_peter.htm Peter Lloyd biography]
*cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24042519-5001021,00.html|title=Now the newsman's in the news|last=Casey|first=Marcus|date=2008-07-19|work=news.com.au|accessdate=2008-07-20