The court also took into consideration 16 other charges during the two men’s sentencing, comprising six charges for fraudulent evasion of duty and 10 charges of fraudulent evasion of GST. (Pexels pic)

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s state court on Tuesday fined two men S$3.35 million (about RM10.7 million) each for importing more than 4.5 million litres of diesel from Malaysia without the required declarations, thereby evading customs duty and goods and services tax (GST).

Singapore customs said the two Singaporeans, Chua E Hong, 51, and Ng Leok Kwee, 48, pleaded guilty to three charges of fraudulent evasion of duty under the Customs Act.

The charges involved the importation of 4,527,099 litres of automotive diesel oil between April and December 2024, with about S$905,419 in duty evaded.