{"id":883709,"date":"2026-01-09T05:29:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/09\/hong-kong-customs-detects-suspected-case-of-illegal-importing-of-animal-with-photo\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T05:29:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:29:39","slug":"hong-kong-customs-detects-suspected-case-of-illegal-importing-of-animal-with-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/09\/hong-kong-customs-detects-suspected-case-of-illegal-importing-of-animal-with-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong Customs detects suspected case of illegal importing of animal (with photo)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p><span id=\"PRHeadlineSpan\">Hong Kong Customs detects suspected case of illegal importing of animal (with photo)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>************************************************************************************<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span id=\"pressrelease\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Hong Kong Customs yesterday (December 19) detected a suspected case of illegal importing of animal at the Man Kam To Control Point. One suspected illegally imported kitten\u00a0with an estimated market value of about $1,000 was seized.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Customs officers yesterday intercepted an incoming 39-year-old male passenger\u00a0at the Arrival Hall of the\u00a0said Control Point. Upon\u00a0personal search, a\u00a0kitten\u00a0was\u00a0found concealed inside a pocket affixed on his\u00a0shirt, and he was subsequently arrested.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The case has been handed over to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department for follow-up investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Customs reminds the public that importing animals into Hong Kong\u00a0without a valid permit is an offence.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Under the Rabies Regulation, any person found guilty of illegally importing animals, carcasses or animal products is liable to a maximum fine of $50,000 and imprisonment for one year.<br \/>\n\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Ends\/Saturday, December 20, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t Issued at HKT 13:30\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t NNNN\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Lyndia Pingree<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.info.gov.hk\/gia\/general\/202512\/20\/P2025122000318.htm\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong Customs detects suspected case of illegal importing of animal (with photo) ************************************************************************************ \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Hong Kong Customs yesterday (December 19) detected a suspected case of illegal importing of animal at the Man Kam To Control Point. One suspected illegally imported kitten\u00a0with an estimated market value of about $1,000 was seized. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Customs officers yesterday intercepted an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":883710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38369,33926],"tags":[46214,13399],"class_list":{"0":"post-883709","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-customs","8":"category-detects","9":"tag-customs","10":"tag-detects"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=883709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/883710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=883709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=883709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=883709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}