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Date: Media contact: MPI media team An Auckland beauty salesperson was fined $31,500 for possession, selling and attempting to sell through the social media channel WeChat, dry edible bird’s nests, which are unauthorised goods in New Zealand. Linying Ouyang, 30, pleaded guilty to 3 charges under the Biosecurity Act 1993 and was sentenced yesterday in the Waitakere District Court. MPI national manager compliance investigations, Ron Scott says the offending was premeditated, and involved selling unauthorised goods for financial gain. “Bird’s nests are a Chinese delicacy made fro...

NZ beauty salesperson cops big fine for selling banned Chinese delicacy on social media Newshub 11/01/2021 Mark Quinlivan © Provided by Newshub An Auckland beauty salesperson has been fined $31,500 for possession, selling and attempting to sell banned edible bird's nests. Linying Ouyang, 30, was convicted and fined on Monday in the Waitakere District Court.  Ouyang had been selling the nests through WeChat, a Chinese social media app. The court found the offending was premeditated and involved selling the goods for financial gain. Ouyang's offending took place between May...

Linying Ouyang had been selling the product through WeChat, a Chinese social media app.

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Two 24-year-olds in court on sex offence charges © Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - NOVEMBER 06: The Auckland High Court is pictured on November 06, 2019 in Auckland, New Zealand. The 24-year-olds were arrested last week and each faces a charge of sexual connection with a person between 12 and 16. They were granted interim name suppression in the Waitakere District Court. The charges were laid following a fresh complaint made earlier this year alleging sexual offending in 2013. One of the accused was represented by high-profile criminal defence lawyer Ron Mansfield...