Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/01/03
By: Chen Ja-fo and Elizabeth Hsu

Kaohsiung, Jan. 3 (CNA) The owner of a fishery company in Kaohsiung is being

File photo/photo courtesy of Kyodo News

investigated on suspicion of illegally selling oil to North Korea, the Kaohsiung District Prosecutors Office said Wednesday after questioning the suspect.

During questioning of the suspect on Tuesday, prosecutors learned that his Kaohsiung-based company had made a false export declaration for cargo on a leased freighter, which was believed to have been transshipping oil to vessels bound for North Korea, the office said.

Prosecutors also think the suspect was aware that the freighter was selling oil on the open seas, instead of to Hong Kong, the destination entered on the ship’s export declaration, the office said.    [FULL  STORY]