Pokka drinks obtained in Pyongyang in June 2019 | Image: NK News
Singaporean authorities have charged a manager from the local branch of the company Pokka with illegally selling US$1 million of canned coffee and milk beverages to North Korea, court documents seen by NK News show.
The sales manager Phua Sze Hee, 59, allegedly processed around 1.3 million Singaporean dollars worth of orders on behalf of Pokka International Pte. Ltd (PIN), despite knowing that local companies would ultimately export the products to the DPRK via third countries in violation of Singaporean law, according to court documents.
Singaporean authorities have charged a manager from the local branch of the company Pokka with illegally selling US$1 million of canned coffee and milk beverages to North Korea, court documents seen by NK News show.
The sales manager Phua Sze Hee, 59, allegedly processed around 1.3 million Singaporean dollars worth of orders on behalf of Pokka International Pte. Ltd (PIN), despite knowing that local companies would ultimately export the products to the DPRK via third countries in violation of Singaporean law, according to court documents.
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Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.