A Hong Kong ivory trader fined this week for illegal
possession of ivory resigned on Wednesday from a government advisory
panel to protect endangered species, a potentially embarrassing blow for
a city fighting to stamp out smuggling of ivory.
Hong Kong has the largest retail market for ivory, which it has
traded for more than 150 years. The territory is a prime transit and
consumption hub, with more than 90 percent of consumers from mainland
China.
Earlier on Wednesday Reuters reported that government records showed
Lau Sai-yuan was a member of the Endangered Species Advisory Committee
of Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department
(AFCD).
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