Chinese Woman Fined For Selling Liquor
By Rol Ezam

Bandar Seri Begawan - Justice finally caught up with a 41-year-old woman who sold Customs contraband goods for "easy money", when she was fined $1,500 or 3 months imprisonment in default by the Magistrate's Court yesterday.

The green IC holder, Lau Lai Ching, admitted to selling eight cans of Tiger beer. For this, she was imposed a $500 fine or a month in jail by Magistrate Lailatul Zubaidah.

She was fined another $1,000 or two months in custody for possessing a large cache of liquor in her house, the Customs Prosecutor ASC Hj Jamil Hj Tuah said.

According to the Prosecutor, the Customs Preventive Officers found her selling the said liquor to a car driver. When the driver left her house, the officers questioned the driver regarding the beer found inside the car.

The officers were acting on a public tip-off, where they stationed themselves at the vicinity of Simpang 15, A 2 at a building in Jalan Gadong to arrest the accused.

The driver of the said car confessed to buying the items from Lau at the price of $20.

The officers then raided the house and seized several types of liquor, including two bottles of Andy Player Special Whisky, three bottles of White Wine, 51 cans of Tiger beer, 15 bottles of Guinness Stout and a bottle of Johnny Walker.

Investigations revealed that a Limbang Chinese man known as 'uncle' supplied the liquor to Lau. She also failed to produce any Customs Permit to the officers to show that the cans and bottles of liquor were legally imported, the Prosecutor added.

The value of the liquor found at her house was estimated at $242 and the Customs Duty to be paid was $108.

All the items seized were forfeited to the state. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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