THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1994
THE MAXIMUM
PENALTIES
25
OF
ON
FIRST
$25,000 INCLUDE A FINE OFFENCE AND A $50,000 FINE PLUS SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT ON SUBSEQUENT
MANDATORILY SEIZED PRODUCTS WILL BE
OFFENCES.
CONVICTION.
THE
PROPOSALS HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE TO SUBSTANTIALLY PENALTIES UNDER THE ORDINANCE, HE SAID.
FORFEITED UPON
INCREASE THE
INVESTIGATIONS ON YESTERDAY'S CASE ARE BEING CARRIED PROSECUTION WILL BE INSTITUTED AGAINST THE OFFENDER.
OUT AND
WOULD
IN
MR CHAN ALSO POINTED OUT THAT STRICT ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS MAINTAINED TO DETER AND SUPPRESS THE TERRITORY'S ILLEGAL TRADE ENDANGERED SPECIES.
BE
SINCE NOVEMBER
1,
AFD HAS CONDUCTED
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SEARCHES
ON
LOCAL OF MEDICINAL SHOPS, RESULTING IN THE SEIZURE OF SOME $3 MILLION WORTH
BEAR GALL ENDANGERED SPECIES. THESE INCLUDE YESTERDAY'S SUSPECTED
CLAIMING ΤΟ CONTAIN BLADDERS AND MUSK GRAIN, AS WELL AS MEDICINES RHINO AND TIGER INGREDIENTS, PANGOLIN SCALES AND DRIED CROCODILE MEAT.
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OPERATION TO FLUSH OUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
* * * * *
A TERRITORY-WIDE OPERATION AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION MOUNTED
BY THE POLICE HAS RESULTED IN THE ARRESTS OF 98 PEOPLE.
THE OPERATION IS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUOUS EFFORT FLUSH OUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
ΤΟ
THE 98 SUSPECTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARRESTED BY THE POLICE HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT. THOSE FOUND TO BE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WILL BE REPATRIATED.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN REITERATED TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT THERE WAS NO QUESTION OF ANY AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
"OUR LATEST OPERATION SHOULD DRIVE HOME THE POINT WILL
BE NO CHANGE TO THIS POLICY. ANYONE FOOLISH ENOUGH OTHERWISE IS ONLY CHEATING ONESELF, HE SAID.
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THAT THERE TO BELIEVE
THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT APART FROM CONTINUOUS CHECKS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, THERE WAS NO LET-UP IN ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION EFFORTS AT THE BORDER.
"A
HIGH STATE OF VIGILANCE WILL CONTINUE TO BE MAINTAINED BY THE POLICE AND THE SECURITY FORCES BOTH AT THE LAND AND SEA HE SAID,
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BORDERS,
DURING THE OPERATION, WHICH BEGAN AT 5 AM YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY) AND ENDED AT 5 AM TODAY, THE POLICE STEPPED UP SPOT CHECKS IN PUBLIC PLACES AND CARRIED OUT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
THE IR CHECKS
AT
IDENTIFICATION SUSPICIOUS
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