A SINGAPORE woman who aided a company to ship more than S$600,000 (US$452,736) worth of alcohol and Pokka and Nescafe drinks to North Korea was fined S$3,500, reported Singapore's Straits Times.
Koh Poh Choo, 57, a shipping manager at Skyline Shipping, pleaded guilty to one charge of helping another company, Eluva International, deliver luxury items to a person in North Korea. Five similar charges were taken into consideration during sentencing.
Trade sanctions against North Korea make it a crime for anyone in Singapore to supply, sell or transfer designated export items to anyone in North Korea, whether directly or indirectly.
In 2017 and 2018, Koh intentionally aided Eluva by arranging freight forwarding services for the firm to ship goods to North Korea, including alcoholic beverages from Johnnie Walker, Hennessy and Chivas, and drinks from Pokka and Nescafe.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Jordon Li said Skyline Shipping was in the business of providing freight forwarding services and assisted customers to coordinate with shipping line companies.
The other company, Eluva, was assisting a customer from North Korea to source for various goods, including wines and spirits.
Once the goods were obtained from suppliers in Singapore, Eluva would engage freight forwarders to ship the goods to North Korea. Skyline was one of the freight forwarders that Eluva engaged.
Yes, I would also like to receive SPH Media Group's SPH Media Limited, its related corporations and affiliates as well as their agents and authorised service providers. marketing and promotions.As a shipping manager, Koh knew of a shipping agent, Liaoning Danxing International Forwarding, based in Dalian, China.
Through this shipping agent, Skyline Shipping was referred to Eluva and another unnamed company to arrange freight services for these two firms. These freight services involved the shipping of goods to North Korea via Dalian.
As she was aware of the trade sanctions against North Korea, Koh advised the owner of Eluva that the shipping manifest could not indicate North Korea as the final destination of the goods.
Seeking a fine of $4,000 for Koh, DPP Li said she facilitated five shipments over a period of about six months and added that the goods involved had a substantial value. The prosecutor said, however, that there was no evidence of Koh personally receiving any benefit from her offences.
The case of Eluva International is still before the courts.
If convicted of contravening the United Nations Act, a person may be jailed for up to 10 years, fined up to $500,000, or both.
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Koh Poh Choo, 57, a shipping manager at Skyline Shipping, pleaded guilty to one charge of helping another company, Eluva International, deliver luxury items to a person in North Korea. Five similar charges were taken into consideration during sentencing.
Trade sanctions against North Korea make it a crime for anyone in Singapore to supply, sell or transfer designated export items to anyone in North Korea, whether directly or indirectly.
In 2017 and 2018, Koh intentionally aided Eluva by arranging freight forwarding services for the firm to ship goods to North Korea, including alcoholic beverages from Johnnie Walker, Hennessy and Chivas, and drinks from Pokka and Nescafe.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Jordon Li said Skyline Shipping was in the business of providing freight forwarding services and assisted customers to coordinate with shipping line companies.
The other company, Eluva, was assisting a customer from North Korea to source for various goods, including wines and spirits.
Once the goods were obtained from suppliers in Singapore, Eluva would engage freight forwarders to ship the goods to North Korea. Skyline was one of the freight forwarders that Eluva engaged.
Yes, I would also like to receive SPH Media Group's SPH Media Limited, its related corporations and affiliates as well as their agents and authorised service providers. marketing and promotions.As a shipping manager, Koh knew of a shipping agent, Liaoning Danxing International Forwarding, based in Dalian, China.
Through this shipping agent, Skyline Shipping was referred to Eluva and another unnamed company to arrange freight services for these two firms. These freight services involved the shipping of goods to North Korea via Dalian.
As she was aware of the trade sanctions against North Korea, Koh advised the owner of Eluva that the shipping manifest could not indicate North Korea as the final destination of the goods.
Seeking a fine of $4,000 for Koh, DPP Li said she facilitated five shipments over a period of about six months and added that the goods involved had a substantial value. The prosecutor said, however, that there was no evidence of Koh personally receiving any benefit from her offences.
The case of Eluva International is still before the courts.
If convicted of contravening the United Nations Act, a person may be jailed for up to 10 years, fined up to $500,000, or both.
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