Apex court clears businessman, firm of importing logs without permit

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In the final twist to a five-year saga involving Madagascan rosewood logs worth US$50 million (S$68 million), the Court of Appeal yesterday quashed the convictions of a Singaporean businessman and his trading company for importing the logs without a permit. The decision by...

She ruled that the rosewood was in transit as the logs were bound for Hong Kong.

Mr Wong was sentenced to three months' jail and the maximum $500,000 fine, while the company was sentenced to a $500,000 fine. The Act stipulates two conditions have to be satisfied for a scheduled species to be considered in transit. Second, if the goods are removed from the vessel in which they were brought into Singapore, they have to be under the"control" of an authorised officer.

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