Singaporean jailed for unlawfully supplying wines and spirits to N. Korea


Lim Cheng Hwee pleaded guilty to three counts of unlawfully supplying the alcoholic beverages worth more than $530,000. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A managing director and his Singapore-based wholesale trading company unlawfully supplied goods -- mainly wines and spirits -- worth more than S$745,000 to North Korea between 2013 and 2018.

Due to United Nations sanctions, it is illegal for anyone in Singapore to supply, sell or transfer designated luxury items to North Korean entities.

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