Chicken Smuggler Faces Biggest Fine This Year
By Malai FadleyRizal

Bandar Seri Begawan - A smuggler was fined $15,000 in default eight months jail by Senior Magistrate Hj Abdullah Soefri yesterday, so far being the biggest fine imposed upon a Customs offender this year.

Teo Hock Chuan, 51, manager of KSL Sdn Bhd, was caught changing the plastic packaging of chicken parts, which he had changed into plastic bags of local-produced chickens to prevent them from being caught.

Statement of facts revealed that 870 kilogrammes of chicken wings and 307 kilogrammes of boneless chicken were found in three cold storage containers at the company's premises at No.471, Spg 473 in Kg Kapok, Muara by Customs officers and members of the Board For Issuing Halal Import, who were acting upon public tip off on July 25, 2002.

According to The Royal Customs and Excise Prosecuting Officer, ASC Hj Jamil Hj Tuah, the original packages were changed into ones that bore the names 'Yana' and 'SHDAA' on the contraband.

Teo said in his statement to Customs Officers that he got his supply from a Chinese man once every week. (Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin)

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