Life mission

A dedicated former narcotics officer has turned online educator, warning netizens about the dangers of drugs, the damaging effects of which he has seen firsthand. Wong Lok Yee from China Features reports.

Tian Hao was 16 when he first saw the body of a drug addict.

He had lied about his age to enlist in the army. Walking past a detention center in a military base in Yunnan province, he saw the body being carried out: shriveled, with no skin on the face, the skull and teeth exposed and the hands and feet the color of dust.