HK court fines ivory trader US$1,000 for illegal trading as China cracks down
Activists call Beijing's ban, implemented at end-2017, a vital step towards reducing slaughter of elephants
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A HONG Kong court found an ivory trader guilty of illegal ivory possession and imposed a relatively light penalty of an HK$8,000 (S$1,366) fine on Tuesday, less than two weeks after China implemented a total ban on ivory sales.
China is the world's largest importer and end-user of elephant tusks. Wildlife activists called the ban, implemented at the end of 2017, a vital step towards reducing the slaughter of the endangered animals.
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