Man fined S$560,000 for evading duty on nearly 30,000 bottles of beer
A Chinese national, Han Xiaoyang, has been fined S$560,000 for masterminding a scheme to evade duty and GST on imported beer in Singapore. He pleaded guilty to seven charges of fraudulent evasion of duty, involving the evasion of approximately S$60,127 on 28,236 bottles of duty-unpaid beer. Han did not pay the fine and will serve 164 days in jail in default.
His accomplice, Tong Baobao, was sentenced to S$322,000 for his role in the scheme, serving 80 days in jail in default. Customs officers discovered the scheme when they intercepted a consignment of 4,044 bottles of duty-unpaid beer at an industrial building in September 2025.
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