Confiscated troop carriers shipped from Hong Kong back to Singapore, country’s defence minister says

Military vehicles held in city for two months transported to container terminal under armed police escort

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The first of the vehicles is moved out. Photos: Edward Wong

Published: 4:38pm, 26 Jan 2017Updated: 9:27am, 27 Jan 2017

Nine Singaporean military vehicles confiscated in Hong Kong more than two months ago left customs’ cargo examination compound in Tuen Mun early on Friday before being shipped back to the Lion City.

At about midnight Friday, the Terrex vehicles were carried away from the River Trade Terminal to a container terminal in Kwai Chung for shipment to Singapore.

And on Friday morning, Singaporean defence minister Ng Eng Hen posted on Facebook: “Our Terrexes left Hong Kong port this morning at 0415hrs.”

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Customs officers armed with rifles were seen standing guard when the vehicles left Tuen Mun, and traffic police escorted the convoy.

Hong Kong’s customs chief said on Wednesday that the shipping company responsible could pick up the vehicles from Tuen Mun any time and send them to Singapore once it had obtained the right papers from the Trade and Industry Department.

The crane hoists the troop carrier on to the truck.

The release of the troop carriers came after the Customs and Exercise Department completed an investigation and found the Singapore government could not be held responsible as it was only the consignee of the vehicles.

Confiscated troop carriers shipped from Hong Kong back to Singapore, country’s defence minister says

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Military vehicles held in city for two months transported to container terminal under armed police escort