Local importer fined $100,000 for contravening licence condition
Local importer fined $100,000 for contravening licence condition
Posted: 29 September 2010 1206 hrs
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SINGAPORE: A local importer has been fined the maximum of $100,000 for contravening his licence.
Chan Soo Har of Dried Seafood Trading was charged on Wednesday morning with importing 1,050 kilogrammes of dried beef and pork products from Vietnam on May 13 in contravention of a licensing condition.
He was issued a licence to import, export and trans-ship meat or fish products.
However, one of the conditions of the licence is that Chan must apply for a permit to import every consignment of meat or fish products.
In this instance, the accused had declared the meat products as yellow tail fish in the cargo clearance permit.
The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said this was the second related offence committed by Chan. - CNA/fa