BY IRRAWADDY
The Canada Border Services Agency(CBSA) has charged Kenn Borek Air Ltd and its former general manager, Stephen Penikett, with unlawfully exporting goods to Burma.
A CBSA investigation found that the company exported one de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft and 149 aircraft parts to Burma without valid export permits during Novenber 2007, according to a report by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
The company and Penikett are charged with two counts each under the Customs Act and the Export Import Permits Act.
The maximum fine under the Customs Act is $500,000 or up to five years imprisonment or both; the maximum sentenc under the export and import permits act is 10 years imprisonment.
Goods can only be exported to Burma from Canada with an export permit issued by the Foreign Affairs office and International Trade Canada.
A court hearing for Kenn Borek Air Ltd and Penikett will be held Dec. 14.
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