By Elena Chong
A MAN who imported four toy guns into Singapore without a permit was fined $15,000 on Tuesday.
Zainuddin Abdul Kader AS, 28, now unemployed, admitted to bringing in the controlled imports at the Singapore Post Centre at Eunos Road between March 30 and 31 last year.
A district court heard that Zainuddin, then an engineer, was in Hongkong for a holiday in March last year when he asked the owner of a shop selling replica toy guns if he could buy them and bring them back to Singapore.
The shop owner told him he 'had a way'' to help him. He instructed Zainuddin to buy a particular air-craft carrier model kit and a tank model kit from nearby shops. After he had done so and handed over the kits to the shop owner, Zainuddin paid HK$7,000 for four toy guns.
Two hours later, Zainudden returned to collect his items. He noticed the owner dismantling the toy guns and helped him to dismantle some parts of the carbine rifle. The shop owner placed some of the dismantled parts of the toy guns into the model kit boxes and told Zainuddin to declare the items as 'model kits'' and to air-mail them home.
Zainuddin knew that he was not allowed to import the toy guns into Singapore but decided to try doing so as he wanted to start a collection of toy guns. He could have been fined up to $100,000 or three times the value of the goods, whichever is greater, or jailed for up to two years or to both.
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
News Update Premium food importers hit
SALMON from Norway, Spanish salami and French pate are just some of the niche food products that are not coming into Singapore after flights out of Europe were suspended.
And the drying up of supply has sent local importers into a tailspin.
Mr Philippe Vo, managing director of Classic Fine Foods which supplies European products to hundreds of restaurants and stores in Singapore, said he has lost thousands of dollars since the volcanic ash plume in Iceland blanketed large parts of Europe.
Mr Vo, who imports fresh products like salmon from Scotland, Camembert cheese from France and Italian tomatoes, said shipments are stuck in Europe.
'Restaurants are switching to other sources, and we have lost revenue,' said Mr Vo, who imports up to 5 tonnes of these premium products daily.
Asked if he could import products from elsewhere instead, he said: 'These products don't exist in other countries. We just have to wait, we are patient.'
And the drying up of supply has sent local importers into a tailspin.
Mr Philippe Vo, managing director of Classic Fine Foods which supplies European products to hundreds of restaurants and stores in Singapore, said he has lost thousands of dollars since the volcanic ash plume in Iceland blanketed large parts of Europe.
Mr Vo, who imports fresh products like salmon from Scotland, Camembert cheese from France and Italian tomatoes, said shipments are stuck in Europe.
'Restaurants are switching to other sources, and we have lost revenue,' said Mr Vo, who imports up to 5 tonnes of these premium products daily.
Asked if he could import products from elsewhere instead, he said: 'These products don't exist in other countries. We just have to wait, we are patient.'
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