Customs seizing assets of those involved in illegal ciggies trade


KUANTAN, 17 Dis -- Ketua Pengarah Kastam Datuk Seri Khazali Ahmad (tengah) menjawab soalan ketika sidang media sebelum mempengerusikan Mesyuarat Pengarah-Pengarah Kastam SeMalaysia ke-75 di sini, hari ini.Turut hadir Timbalan Ketua Pengarah Kastam (Penguatkuasaan/Pematuhan) Datuk Matrang Suhaili (kiri) dan Timbalan Ketua Pengarah Kastam (Pengurusan) Datuk Abdul Rahman Othman.Mesyuarat kali ini memfokuskan perbincangan mengenai pelaksanaan Cukai Barang dan Perkhidmatan (GST) yang berkuatkuasa 1 April 2015 dan pelaksanaan sistem baru iaitu U-Customs bagi menggantikan Sistem Maklumat Kastam (SMK) yang dijadualkan pada 1 Januari 2016.--fotoBERNAMA (2014) HAKCIPTA TERPELIHARA

KUALA LUMPUR: Assets of people involved in the smuggled cigarette trade can be seized under the Customs Act 1967.

Customs Department director-general Datuk Seri Khazali Ahmad (pic) said the Act provides for the assets of suppliers, distributors and retailers of contraband cigarettes to be forfeited.

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