A Burnaby woman has been fined $5,000 after pleading guilty to trafficking bear gall bladders.
Yon Kim pleaded guilty to two charges in connection with the purchase of bear parts in Merritt and Coquitlam. Two other charges of importing or exporting bear parts and unlawful possession of wildlife were stayed.
Kim was charged after a six-month investigation by the BC Conservation Officer Service that was initiated in October 2014 when an undercover officer met with Kim and another woman in Merritt to sell them bear parts. Kim made another purchase in Coquitlam the following month.
Her co-accused, Yunhee Kim (the women are not related), a registered acupuncturist and traditional Chinese medicine herbalist, was sentenced in March and received a fine of $22,400.
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