Company fined $160k, director jailed 6 weeks over unlawful supply of alcohol to North Korea

SINGAPORE – A company dealing in alcoholic drinks was fined $160,000 and its director given six weeks’ jail on Thursday for unlawfully supplying luxury goods worth more than $1.7 million to North Korea.

The offences were committed between July 2016 and January 2018. But Loh became a director at Rejo Beverages only in May 2019. Loh was in charge of sourcing for the goods that Rejo Beverages sold and he also dealt with customers. When Beneta staff first approached Loh to buy the goods, they informed him that the firm was involved in operating a supermarket in the North Korea.

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