SEREMBAN: The Customs Department wants more stringent penalties to be included in the Customs Act 1967 to check rampant smuggling as well as to ensure the safety of its officers in dealing with increasingly bolder smugglers.
Its director general Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Abdul Hamid said that the present penalties of a fine of between 10 times and 20 times the amount of the unpaid duty and imprisonment of up to three years were outdated and had not helped curb the menace.
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