Duty-free traders huffing over bank guarantee

Peace pipe offer: Chen (left) and Han Eng holding duty-paid imported cigars while highlighting the plight of duty-free shop operators in Langkawi.

ALOR SETAR: The Langkawi Chinese Chamber of Commerce wants the Government to put on hold a new ruling by the Customs Department which requires duty-free shop operators to deposit a bank guarantee for cigarette and liquor stocks in their premises.

Chamber advisor Datuk Chen Liau Wen said the chamber was not against the Government, but “we want the Government to hear us out”.