Hussein Yahya Al-Asri from Yemen went on trial in the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court in south China's Guangdong Province on Monday on charges of smuggling ivory.
Al-Asri, an 27-year-old businessman, was charged after customs discovered 60.73 kilograms valued at 3.5 million yuan (0.45 million U.S. dollars) in his luggage at the Baiyun Airport in Guangzhou on June 7, 2006.
Al-Asri said he tried to tell customs officials he was carrying the ivory but because he couldn't speak Chinese or English, he couldn't make himself understood and failed to declare the 14 pieces of ivory.
He said the ivory was bought from another businessman in Yemen at a cost of 30 U.S. dollars per kilogram and he intended to sell it in China.
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