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Singaporean company director jailed for selling alcohol to North Korea

Director of company sanctioned by Treasury is jailed for two months, wife charged with financial penalty

A Singaporean company director was jailed on Friday for supplying sanctioned alcohol worth almost half a million U.S. dollars to North Korea between 2013 and 2018, the Singapore State Courts confirmed to NK News on Monday.

The sentencing follows a flurry of similar cases in recent years where Singaporean authorities have charged and prosecuted local firms and individuals involved with exporting sanctioned consumer goods to North Korea.

Lim “William” Cheng Hwee, 49, was jailed for two months after pleading guilty to three of nine charges related to Singapore’s United Nations Regulations of 2010, the Straits Timesreported on Saturday, citing