BANGKOK: A 39 year old Thai woman who had earlier been fined for bringing assorted meat products without a licence into Singapore has been penalised again for the same offence by a local court.
Straits Times reported that this was the first time a case of illegal import of dried frogs was brought to a court. On Wednesday (20 December), Kanokporn Junsricha was fined $10,000 (£7464.10) after she admitted to illegally bringing 10kg of dried frogs into the country on 9 December, the website reported.
Junsricha had committed the same crime in August this year when she was made to pay a $5,000 fine for illegally importing 67kg of assorted meat products. According to Singapore law, offenders who are caught repeating the offence of importing meat products without a licence can be jailed for up to three years and fined up to $100,000.
Yap Teck Chuan, prosecutor of agri food and Veterinary Authority (AVA), said that immigration officers at the Arrival Cargo Clearance Centre of the Woodlands Checkpoint stopped a Thailand registered pickup truck on 9 December. Two Thai men, including the driver of the vehicle, were found transporting the dried frogs which were hidden among other food products.
