Plugging duty-free leak

Customs deputy director-general (enforcement and compliance) Datuk Subromaniam Tholasy(inset pic) when contacted said that the department would be announcing some measures later this month to ensure that the supply chain was tightened.

PETALING JAYA: In an effort to curb the smuggling activities of contraband liquors and tobacco that is estimated to cause a revenue loss of RM1bil per annum to the Government, the authorities will impose controls to tighthen the supply chain and distribution of the goods on the country’s three duty-free islands.

The islands are Pulau Langkawi, Pulau Tioman and Labuan.