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Court fines Chinese man Sh1m in ant smuggling case

Zhang Kequn chinese ant smuggler kenya

Chinese national Zhang Kequn stands outside the courtroom.

Photo credit: Reuters

What you need to know:

  • Magistrate says hefty sentence is necessary as a deterrent.

A court on Wednesday ordered a Chinese man to pay a fine of Sh1 million and gave him a 12-month jail term for trying to smuggle live ants out of the country.

The magistrate in the case said a stiff sentence was needed as a deterrent given a spate of cases in Kenya of ant-trafficking.