Woman faces jail over unlawful import of elephant tusks

Dao Thi Boi had committed an offence under the Endangered Species (Import & Export) Act. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): The prosecution has called for between 12 and 18 months’ jail for a woman who was a director of a trading company that imported a 40-foot container containing more than 1,000 elephant tusks from Nigeria.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Lee Zu Zhao had noted that the offender, Dao Thi Boi, 40, did not reap significant financial benefits from the offence.