CHINESE NATIONAL SENTENCED FOR ILLEGAL DEALING IN RHINO HORNS
Mpumalanga – Shiuhau Chen (57) was found guilty on three counts of illegal dealing in Rhino Horns and contravening the immigrations act when he appeared in the Kempton Park Regional Court on Friday, 20 January 2023.
Chen along with Eugene Huang and his life partner were arrested in August 2019 by the Middelburg based Hawks Serious Organised Crime investigation team during a project driven investigation addressing the rhino horn syndicate operating between Mpumalanga and Gauteng provinces.
The convict and his accomplice paid for rhino horns during controlled purchases between 2018 and 2019. Ping Wu, a 49 year old life partner of Eugene Huang was charged for money laundering for her involvement. She assisted to deposit the proceeds of the Rhino horns transaction into a Casino account. PING Wu was sentenced in March 2022 by the Tembisa Regional Court while her partner Huang died in prison during the course of the trial.
A forfeiture order was granted in March 2022 for the money paid to agent, as well as money deposited in the casino account and two vehicles belonging to accused, deceased Huang and Chen. The case against Chen was remanded to 10 February 2023 for sentencing.
