Sunday, October 30, 2011

Bloggers Arrested. Their CL Shops Closed.

Korean  CL being illegally sold in Singapore.
"At least three teenage blogshop owners are in trouble with the law and irate customers after their illegally imported contact lenses were seized by the authorities," according to a report from StraitTimes. "They are among at least 20 suppliers affected after investigations by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) and the Ministry of Health. More than 1,600 pairs of contact lenses have been seized from four unlicensed importers since August last year. One of the distributors, 17-year-old Jenny, set up an online shop selling iris-enlarging contact lenses from South Korea in August, hoping to make some money despite knowing it was illegal. She participated in a mass order with 10 other blog shops, each ordering about 50 pairs of lenses. All the lenses were seized by Customs officers before they reached the blogshop owners. Now Jenny is unable to refund her customers, who paid in advance." IRead more.

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