Showing Off Chinese Meat Smuggling, Pingtung Woman's Video Gets Colleagues in Trouble, Fined 200,000 Yuan

Should I call her a 'pig teammate'... but she helped expose the illegal item smuggling, didn't she? 🤣 It's best not to smuggle things you shouldn't bring in. I. Origin A woman named Ms. Cai posted a video on Threads, bragging that her friend Ms. Chen successfully smuggled Chinese-made beef jerky and duck tongues back to Taiwan after a trip to China. The video showed packaged meat products with simplified Chinese characters, sarcastically asking, "Why didn't I get caught?" This sparked online complaints. II. Investigation The Criminal Investigation Bureau, Pingtung County Police Bureau, and Aviation Police Bureau formed a task force to compare the post and the video. On September 30, Ms. Cai and Ms. Chen were summoned. It was confirmed that Ms. Chen flew from Shanghai on September 27, entered through Kaohsiung Airport, and concealed two packs of Chinese meat products in her luggage to bring back to Taiwan. Ms. Chen admitted that the meat products had already been distributed to her colleagues and consumed, and there were no remaining items to be seized. III. Inconsistent Statements Ms. Cai initially claimed the meat products were purchased at a Taiwanese night market last year and had been discarded due to an unusual taste, then later stated the video was for dramatic effect. After cross-referencing, the police exposed her lies. IV. Penalty The Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine fined Ms. Chen 200,000 NT dollars under the "Animal Epidemic Prevention Act." She received the notice on October 1. The police emphasized that illegally carrying regulated meat products into the country can result in a maximum fine of 1 million NT dollars. V. Reminder Taiwan prohibits the import of pork products from China. Dried and cured meats are all subject to quarantine. Illegally carrying pork products from African Swine Fever affected areas carries severe penalties. Do not test the law. Video available at: https://www.threads.com/@aamb56575859/post/Dd85TyDEgku/media