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Title:
The Peoples Procuratorate of Guangzhou City Guangdong Province v. Maged Tareq Mohammed Awn
Party:
China
Region:
Asia and the Pacific
Type of document:
National - lower court
Date of text:
April 21, 2007
Data source:
ECOLEX/ELIS
Court name:
The Intermediate People's Court of Guangzhou City
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Abstract:
On June 9, 2006, at 8:00pm, the defendant Maged Tareq Mohammed Awn arrived at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, declared nothing to customs before entering China. Guangdong customs officials intercepted 6 elephant tusks, hidden in his suitcase. The seized ivory tusks were estimated to be worth 1,500,000RMB, which weigh a total of 33.34kg. The defendant told the court that the elephant tusks can be trade freely in Yemen and he did not know it would be illegal to bring ivory into China. (Provided by: UNODC SHERLOC)