Phnom Penh (FN), Sept. 16 – General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia announced today that all the 83 illegal waste containers were sent back to the originating sources.

The press release dated Monday also stated that Chungyuen Plastic Manifold Co., Ltd. already paid the fine to the state.

The Royal Government of Cambodia has decided to impose a three-point penalty on the Chungyuen Plastic Manifold Co., Ltd. for importing 83 containers of plastic waste to Cambodia, according to the joint press release of the Ministry of Environment and the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia released on 30 July 2019.

The Government ordered Chungyuen Company to bring all the waste back to the country of origin; and to pay a fine of over 1,000 million Khmer Riel (over USD 250,000) into the national budget by 24 August 2019.

Chungyuen Company, headed by Cambodian identified as Suon Luk, imported 83 containers of waste, weighing nearly 1,600 tons, from the United States and Canada into Cambodia.
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