Trading firm director jailed over import of over 1,700 pieces of elephant tusks


Dao Thi Boi was convicted in 2022 of an offence under the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act. - ST FILE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A woman, who was a director of a trading company that imported a 40-foot container containing an unprecedented haul of 1,787 pieces of elephant tusks, was given 10 months’ jail on Wednesday (Feb 15).

After a trial, Dao Thi Boi, now 40, was convicted in 2022 of an offence under the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act.

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