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Title:

Chinese national sentenced for smuggling abalone

Publication Year:
2023
Abstract:

A Chinese national has been sentenced in the Atlantis Regional Court after he was convicted of smuggling abalone. Qiang Chen, 29, entered into a plea and sentencing agreement with the State. In 2021, Chen was bust allegedly running an abalone facility in Melkbosstrand. He was sentenced to a fine of R1 million or five years direct imprisonment which was wholly suspended for a period of five years for contravening Section 18 (1) if the Marine Living Resources Act.

Type:
Newspaper
Item Type:
Report
Language:
en
Keywords:
wildlife, crime, poaching, marine fauna
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