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The owner of a Chinese restaurant in downtown Edmonton where health inspectors found cockroaches and filthy kitchen conditions was fined $42,000 Monday.

Thang (Tom) Ly and his numbered company pleaded guilty to offences under the Public Health Act for repeatedly violating orders issued by Alberta Health Services.

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Provincial court Judge John Henderson accepted a joint submission for the $42,000 fine after noting the Dynasty Century Palace Restaurant, 9700 105 Ave., had committed a “serious number” of health violations relating to the cleanliness and maintenance of the establishment.

According to an agreed statement of facts, health inspectors have been dealing with Public Health Act violations at the restaurant since 2009 and charges were laid after several inspections in 2014 noted the same violations were occurring and previous AHS orders were ignored.

Alberta Health Services prosecutor Ryan Smith told court that at the last two inspections, staff ran around trying to clean after inspectors showed up.