Bird smuggler jailed 2 weeks and fined $4,000

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Bird smuggler jailed 2 weeks and fined $4,000

Published on Mar 29, 2012
By Khushwant Singh

The 24 hatchlings were each crammed into a tiny box hidden in a pouch attached to his waist under his clothes

In the 2 1/2 hours Lim Chia Ming took to travel from Batam to Singapore, seven of the Oriental White-eye birds had died.

On Thursday, the 55-year-old Malaysian was jailed two weeks for bringing in the birds without a licence from the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA).

In addition he was fined $4,000 for causing unnecessary suffering to the hatchlings by confining them in spaces too small and restrictive. He had pleaded guilty to both charges.

Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.

 

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Smuggler hid 24 birds under trousers

Published on Mar 30, 2012

The oriental white-eye is a popular songbird in Singapore. -- PHOTOS: AVA, ST FILE

But seven of the 24 oriental white-eye birds were found dead when he was pulled up for a check upon arrival from Batam.A Malaysian odd-job worker hid 24 hatchlings in a pouch hanging from his waist in a bid to smuggle the birds into Singapore.

On Thursday, Lim Chia Ming, 55, was jailed for two weeks for bringing in the birds - called mata puteh in Malay - without a licence from the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA).

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Each box measured a mere 7.5cm by 2.5cm by 2.5cm and seven of the birds died during the journey.

He was also fined $4,000 for causing unnecessary suffering to the hatchlings by confining them in spaces too small and restrictive inside the pouch. He had pleaded guilty to both charges.
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