Customs wins fish offal court case
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A WOMAN who took airport customs to court for destroying 36 kilograms of a dried fish offal tonic she brought back from New Zealand has lost her case.
The passenger, surnamed Chen, demanded 67,400 yuan (US$11,000) compensation for the dried fish maw — the swim bladder — confiscated at Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport, and records of the seizure removed.
But yesterday the Pudong New Area People’s Court ruled that customs was within its rights to destroy the prohibited goods.
This was Shanghai’s first case of customs authorities being sued for seizing and destroying prohibited items, the court said.
Chen, 24, was stopped by customs on December 12 last year. When her suitcase was opened, officers found the 36 kilograms of fish maw and 600 grams of sea cucumber.
When told that these are on a banned list, Chen asked to send them back to New Zealand, but was refused.
Afterward, she consulted the law and found that for prohibited items to be destroyed, the owner’s approval was required.
But airport customs said Chen had brought a large quantity into the country and not declared it. It was therefore legal to destroy the goods without seeking Chen’s approval, argued customs.
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