"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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