A lunchbox of roast-pork was found in the passenger's luggage which was banned earlier for the African swine fever concerns in Taiwan. Photo:FB
An Indonesian traveller who boarded a plane from Hong Kong to Taiwan was not allowed to enter the country after she failed to pay an HK$48,430 (NT$200,000) fine for bringing along a lunchbox meal with roast pork, which was against their import regulations, local media reported.
According to the Taiwan local news platform on Sunday, the passenger landed in Taipei on the 30th of April with the lunchbox meal.
In a picture that emerged online, the meal included rice with a popular Hong Kong roast pork and soy sauce chicken.
Customs detected and the traveller was fined NT$200,000 immediately for the undeclared pork meal.
However, the alleged visitor was unable to pay the penalty at the time and was deported. The person was instructed to pay the fine before entering Taiwan again, reported the local media.
The authorities in Taiwan have earlier in 2018 imposed strict controls on the import of pork from areas where cases of African swine fever have been detected.
The fine for a first offence is NT$200,000, increasing to NT$1 million for subsequent transgressions.
An official from Taiwan’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency told local media that passengers could throw out any banned items they had mistakenly brought in using disposal bins before immigration control.
“You can dispose of them there or declare them at our animal and plant quarantine counters,” the official said. “Whether you choose to declare them voluntarily or dispose of them, there will be no criminal liability involved.”
一名來自香港的印尼旅客因攜帶違禁肉類在台灣被罰款港幣48,430元
一名印尼旅客從香港飛往台灣，因攜帶烤豬肉便當違反進口規定，未繳納港幣48,430元（新台幣20萬元）罰款，被禁止入境。
根據台灣當地新聞平台週日報道，該名乘客於4月30日帶著便當抵達台北。
網路上出現的一張照片顯示，這頓飯包括米飯、受歡迎的香港烤豬肉和醬油雞。
海關發現，旅客因未申報豬肉，當即罰款新台幣20萬元。
然而，這名被指控的訪客當時無法支付罰款，因此被驅逐出境。 據當地媒體報道，該人被指示在再次進入台灣之前繳納罰款。
台灣當局於2018年初對來自非洲豬瘟疫情地區的豬肉進口實施嚴格管制
初犯罰新台幣20萬元，再犯則罰鏨新台幣100萬元。
台灣動植物衛生檢驗機構的一名官員告訴當地媒體，旅客可以在出入境管制前將誤帶入境的任何違禁物品丟進垃圾箱。
「你可以在那裡處理它們，或者在我們的動植物檢疫櫃檯申報它們，」該官員說。
“無論你選擇自願申報還是銷毀，都不會涉及刑事責任。”
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