Illegal Chinese Cigarette Factory Busted in Phnom Penh

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Illegal Chinese Cigarette Factory Busted in Phnom Penh

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Cambodia News, Phnom Penh: According to the National Police General Commission, the police force of the Phnom Penh Municipal Police in cooperation with the Anti-Counterfeit Products Committee of the Ministry of Interior has cracked down on two Chinese businesses suspected of producing counterfeit products illegally in Khan Sen Sok and Khan Por Sen, Phnom Penh.

The crackdown took place over two days under the coordination of the procedure by Mr. MOT Dara, Deputy Prosecutor of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court.
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According to the police, at 9:30 am on October 7, the joint forces inspected a Chinese factory producing and distributing cigarettes suspected of producing fake cigarettes on Hanoi Street, Khmuonh commune, Sen Sok district. The owner was represented by Huang Wenyan, male, 42 years old.
Authorities say that there was no trademark, the product had not been registered, the quality analysis certificate had expired, and also there was a fake address, no trademark registration certificate, and no craft process certificate.
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So in summary, another factory has been closed for not greasing the right palms.
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IraHayes wrote: Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:34 pm So in summary, another factory has been closed for not greasing the right palms.
It's more likely an illegal factory which has been cutting into the profits of the established companies has been shut down because tobacco is very lucrative and there are powerful people involved in the industry. :?
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Not that easy to grease anymore but easy to grease the wrong ones ... nower days ;) as it seems.
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Suspects held in huge fake cigarettes case
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21:45 UTC+8, 2020-10-15

CHINA - Police say they have caught 43 suspects in connection with a 400-million-yuan (US$59.5 million) counterfeit cigarettes case in the city’s largest cross-border crackdown of its kind.

They are suspected of making counterfeit cigarettes of high-end brands such as Chunghwa, Peony and Panda in Cambodia, smuggling them to China and selling across the country.

Police seized over a million cartons of cigarettes, 36 machines and other material worth over 400 million yuan.

Of the suspects, 19 were caught in Cambodia. They were escorted to Shanghai after 14-day medical quarantine and observation.

Police in Fengxian District received a report from a local company in May last year that it had received large parcels from unknown sources several times.

An initial investigation found that counterfeit cigarettes had been packaged as food. They were sent by a man surnamed Chen from Fujian Province and should have been delivered to a local resident surnamed Pan.

Police said Chen had also sent counterfeit cigarettes to the provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Anhui and other places in China.

At Chen’s request, they said, Pan had transferred money to an assigned back account under the name of Wu. In tracking Wu, police found he frequently travelled between China and Cambodia.

Further police investigation found that Wu had set up underground factories in Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital, and was making branded cigarettes without approval. He bought materials and recruited workers from China and the products were illegally shipped to China, they said.
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