3 people and firm charged over alleged false declarations involving $1.9m worth of goods
The cases involving all four parties have been adjourned to September.
In a Singaporean customs investigation, a mattress exporting company and three individuals were charged with alleged false declarations and customs-related offenses. Healthy Living Biotech (Singapore), its former director Bernard Koh Wee Yiap, and two others - Yin Yuxi and Xue Xin - face charges related to the import and export of goods.
Koh and Yin each face four charges, while Yin additionally faces five charges, and Xue faces one charge. The alleged offenses took place in 2024 and 2025, while Xue's offense is linked to 2025. Koh, a Singaporean, and Yin and Xue, Chinese nationals, have their cases adjourned to September. The Singapore Customs department stated that the probe began in February 2026, focusing on mattresses falsely declared as "Singapore-origin goods" when they were actually from China.
The investigation also uncovered an alleged scheme to understate the declared value of the company's imports and evade payment of Goods and Services Tax worth approximately $111,000. The department emphasized their commitment to maintaining the integrity of international trade documentation and preserving Singapore's reputation as a reliable global trading hub.
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