Jump to full article: Saipan Tribune (mp), 2006-05-18
Author: erdie de la Torre Reporter
Intro: The Superior Court has found a China cigarette manufacturer liable to pay $265,195.44 to the CNMI government for not complying with the local tobacco law.
In a default judgment, Superior Court Presiding Judge Robert C. Naraja ordered Yuxi Hongta Tobacco (Group) Ltd., Yuxi Cigarette Factory to pay $198,896.58 in civil penalties plus interest at the rate of 9 percent per annum.
Naraja directed the Yunnan, China-based Yuxi Hongta to pay the Attorney General his costs and fees incurred in this case. . . .
The government's lawsuit alleged that in November 1998, the CNMI, along with 46 states and four territories, entered into a settlement agreement with leading tobacco product manufacturers called the "master settlement agreement."
Yuxi Hongta is considered a non-participating manufacturer, Caldwell said.
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