Hong Kong customs is set to press charges against the shipping company and the captain of the container ship which transported nine Singapore military vehicles into the city from Taiwan in November without a required licence.
A spokesman for the shipping company said: "APL has not received any official summons and will not be in a position to comment further.
A spokesman for the customs department said: "After a ?thorough investigation, the department has sufficient evidence to prove a case in breach of the strategic trade control system.
The vehicles, which were not "specifically" declared in the cargo manifest, had been used in a military exercise in Taiwan.
The seizure was seen as a warning from Beijing over military ties between Singapore and the island, which China considers a renegade province.
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