Chinese national man, 47, gets S$560K fine in Singapore for evading over S$60K in customs duty on more than 28K bottles of duty-unpaid beer
The 47-year-old man faces 164 days in jail after failing to pay the penalty for false declarations of bringing thousands of beer bottles into Singapore This article ( Chinese national man, 47, gets S$560K fine in Singapore for evading over S$60K in customs duty on more than 28K bottles of duty-unpaid beer ) first appeared on The Independent Singapore News .
Singapore imposes a hefty S$560,000 fine on 47-year-old Chinese national Han Xiaoyang for evading customs duty on over 28,000 bottles of beer. Han pleaded guilty to seven charges of fraudulent duty evasion in September 2026. The court also considered 15 other charges related to duty and GST evasion. Singapore Customs seized more than 35,000 bottles of duty-unpaid beer during an operation in November 2025.
The scheme involved falsely declaring the beer as non-dutiable goods, including food items and industrial machinery. Tong Baobao, a 29-year-old accomplice, was fined S$322,000 for his role in the scheme.
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