" Kejayaan itu hasil daripada PERKONGSIAN BIJAK antara jabatan itu dengan orang ramai untuk melindungi ekonomi negara "
Ibrahim Jaapar, Pengarah Kastam Negeri Sabah
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KOTA KINABALU - Jabatan Kastam dan Eksais mencatat kejayaan besar di Tawau berikutan rampasan terbesar telefon bimbit bernilai RM 470,000 dengan duti tidak dibayar berjumlah RM 150,000 pada isnin. Menyatakan demikian dalam satu sidang media pada Rabu, Pengarah Kastam Negeri Sabah Ibrahim Jaapar berkata, kakitangan pencegahan Tawau menemui 926 buah telefon pelbagai jenama dan juga bateri serta aksesori dari beberapa buah premis, dipercayai diseludup ke negeri ini dari luar. Empat orang termasuk dua wanita dalam lingkungan 20an telah ditangkap bagi memudahkan siasatan. Beliau menyifatkan kejayaan itu hasil daripada perkongsian bijak antara jabatan itu dengan orang ramai dalam melindungi negara. Menceritakan peristiwa membawa kepada penemuan telefon bimbit itu, Ibrahim berkata Bahagian Pencegahan Kastam Tawau telah membuat intipan terhadap kargo lapangan terbang Tawau pada 4 Feb, berikut maklumat orang ramai. Setelah menunggu selama 24 jam, mereka terlihat sebuah pick-up putih meninggalkan premis itu pada kira-kira pukul 7.30 pagi, bersama tiga buah bungkusan besar. Pasukan itu telah mengekori kenderaan itu hingga kek Kompleks Fajar di pusat bandar, dimana pemandunya kemudian memunggah bungkusan-bungkusan itu di hadapan sebuah kedai di Jalan Haji Karim. Setelah memperkenalkan diri mereka, para anggota kastam terus menjalankan pemeriksaan dan mendapati setiap kotak itu berisi telefon bimbit, tetapi pemandu berkenaan gagal menunjukkan bil perjalanan udara untuk menunjukkan yang barangan itu datang dari Kota Kinabalu. Ia kemudaian ditangkap kerana gagal menunjukkan dokumen import serta pick up dan barangan itu ditahan untuk tindakan lanjut. Para anggota kastam itu kemudian menyerbu sebuah kedai telefon bimbit yang dimiliki orang yang sama, dimana mereka menemui beberapa unit lagi yang juga tidak mempunyai dokumen perlu. Ini diikuti dengan satu lagi serbuan ke atas premis lain di mana beberapa buah lagi telefon bimbit seludupan disimpan. Dua orang pekerja perempuan dan pemilik kedai berkenaan berumur dalam lingkungan 30 an ditahan untuk siasatan. Difahamkan langkah itu juga diambil berikutan penerbitan sebuah iklan dalam akhbar harian Cina beberapa bulan lalu, yang menawarkan telefon bimbit pelbagai jenama dengan harga lebih murah.Sementara itu, Ibrahim menggesa orang ramai supaya terus memberi kerjasama dalam usaha kerajaan menghapuskan pejualan telefon bimbit seludupan. Beliau menegaskan, adalah lebih mudah untuk mengesan telefon bimbit yang diimport secara haram melalui label pada belakang unit tersebut. Menurutnya, modus operandi melibatkan peragaan telefon mainan yang seupanya di kedai-kedai, sementara unit sebenar disimpan di tempat lain, seperti di kenderaan atau di tempat simpanan yang lain. Unit sebenar itu hanya akan dikeluarkansetelah pelanggan bersetuju untuk membelinya, kata beliau. Dalam operasi lain, unit pencegahan kastam di sini merampas 120 telefon bimbit bulan lepas, dan lapan buah setakat minggu pertama bulan ini. Ibrahim menegaskan, telefon bimbit merupakan barangan seludupan ketiga paling panas dibawa masuk ke negeri ini, selepas rokok dan minuman beralkohol yang juga dijual dengan harga yang lebih murah. Oleh Larry Ralon dan Michael Lee |
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Daily Express : Friday - 9th
Feb 2001 KOTA KINABALU: The State Customs preventive unit seized 100 local female Tiger prawns in wooden parcel at the old Airport terminal in Tanjung Aru here, Wednesday. The prawns estimated to worth RM 8,000 locally and RM 25,000 abroad were found in 10 big plastic bags each filled with oxygen during a surprise inspection following a tip-off at 9.30 pm. |
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Preliminary investigations found that the package was about to be flown to China, via Subang International Airport in Kuala Lumpur, for breedingat the fish farm there. State Customs Director Ibrahim Jaapar said Thursday no arrest was made as these were not passed through the Customs clearance for export. He also said the Customs Enforcement unit here seized 2,641 reams of smuggled cigarettes of various brand and 17 cartons as well as 200 cans of beer so far this month. He said the contraband cigarettes were estimated to worth RM 2,641, involving unpaid import duties and sale taxes totalling RM 8,067.10 and RM 2,627.04, respectively. The seized liquors were worth approximately RM 706.88, involving unsettled import and sales taxes amounting to RM 1,788.16 and RM 504.98, he said, adding that the goods were seized during a series of raids made here and in Penampang, since Monday. Commending the public for their information, Ibrahim urged for more cooperation in helping the department to curb smuggling activities in the State. |
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Daily Express : 22nd
March 2000 KOTA KINABALU : The Customs Department busted a syndicate involved in exporting pirated VCDs, including pornographic ones, to neighbouring countries with the seizure of RM1 million worth of the items and the arrest of a man believed to be runner. Its preventive unit also foiled an attempt to sell an assortment of contraband cigarettes with the seizure of more than 16,430 packets with a street value of RM65,740, while taxes were estimated at RM70,491.95. The unit raided a house in a housing estate in Penampang and found all the 195,474 VCDs inside. At least 10 per cent of the VCDs were lewd movies. The cigarettes were seized at an unnumbered house in Kg. Pondo, Pulau Gaya, but no arrest was made. As usual, all the cigarettes were smuggled from Labuan FT duty free island and is believed meant for itinerant vendors on the city’s streets. Deputy Director (preventive unit) Voo Neyon King told a press conference the record hauls were due to tip offs and intelligence reports. "We raided the house in Penampang at 11.35pm on Monday and the man is being detained for further investigation. This is the biggest seizure so far this year," he said. The man is being investigated under Section 135 (1) (D) of the Customs Act 1967 for having prohibited goods. The department had on March 9 also foiled an attempt to export over 10,000 VCDs via Kota Kinabalu International Airport. "We Manage to trace the VCDs in the MAS Cargo." "The seizure in Kg. Pondo was also on Monday at about 11am where a man who occupied the house managed to escape upon realising our presence. The operation was assisted by Rela personnel," he said. Meanwhile, Voo said the unit would to continue to monitor such activity in the State. "The activity is quite rampant now. We are monitoring it by conducting road blocks and sea patrols on a regular basis," he said. Voo also said the unit is aware
that ferries operating the Labuan – KK – Labuan route were involved
in the smuggling of beer from Labuan FT, but the quantity was negligible.
By : JAILANI HASSAN Daily Express
: 24th March 2000 KOTA KINABALU : Two luxury vehicles worth RM270,000 were confiscated after being found without approval permits and unpaid stamp duty in separate Royal Customs and Excise Department (RCED) preventive unit raids at two houses here, early this week. State Customs Department director Mohd. Daud Mohd. Ali told a press conference Thursday that a KIA Sportage 2.0(M) worth RM90,000 was seized after the RCED unit raided a house in Putatan, Wednesday. He said the vehicle, believed brought in from a neighbouring country, was detained in the 9.35am raid after the owner failed to declared its customs duty. On Monday, the unit confiscated a Toyota Land Cruiser VX Limited edition valued at about RM180,000 in a 4.50pm raid on a house at Taman Sinar Baru, Dah Villa here. "It was held after all the vehicle documents shown by its owner were suspected to be fake," said Daud, adding that both cases were still under investigation. He said both vehicle owners were released without charges and no suspects were arrested so far. The seizure of both vehicles add up to five, the total vehicles confiscated by the preventive unit this year. "Those wishing to purchase vehicles Statewide should also refer to RCED especially when it involves an imported vehicle," he said. A total of 89 vehicles were
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Daily Express –
Tuesday, 13 June, 2000
KARAOKE BOSS FINED FOR TAX OFFENCE KOTA KINABALU : An entertainment outlet owner was fined a total of RM 4,000.00 or four months jail by Sessions Court Judge Abdul Rahman Sebli Monday for failure to pay service tax. Chap Kok Leong, who operates the Blue Star Karaoke pleaded guilty to four charges under Section 14(3) of the Service Tax Act 1975, punishable under Section 29 of the said Act, for not paying service tax amounting to RM1,772.12 including penalty, within the taxable period of 28 days. According to Deputy Public Prosecutor Yunus Hj. Tahir, Chap informed the Royal Customs and Excise Department through a letter dated Sept 9, 1995 of the change of ownership and he being the new owner of the premises since July 14, 1995. However he failed to submit the service tax payments between January and August last year. The first charge : That he did not pay service tax amounting to RM 354.35 for the month of January and February 1999, by March 28 the same year. He was imposed a 20% penalty or RM 70.87 for it. Altogether he failed to pay RM 425.22. The second charge : That he did not pay service tax amounting to RM 309.10 for the month of March and April 1999 by May 28 the same year. He was imposed a 16 % penalty or RM 51.06 for it. Altogether he failed to pay RM 370.16. The third charge : That he did not pay service tax amounting to RM 285.80 for the month of May and June 1999, by July 28 the same year. He was imposed a 40 % penalty or RM114.32 for it. Altogether he failed to pay RM400.12. The fourth charge : That he did not pay service tax amounting to RM343.10 for the month of July and August 1999, by September 28 the same year. He was imposed a 36 % penalty or RM123.52 for it. Altogether he failed to pay RM466.62. By : ELIZABETH MAJAHAM
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SIARAN AKHBAR MENGENAI : BORANG PERISYTIHARAN PENGEMBARA ( TDF ) Bank Negara Malaysia ingin mengumumkan bahawa peraturan untuk mengisi Borang Perisytiharan Pengembara ( TDF ) bagi semua pengembara telah dipermudahkan berkuatkuasa serta merta. 2. Pengembara tidak lagi perlu untuk mengisi borang TDF kecuali dalam keadaan berikut:- ( ii ) Pengembara pemastautin yang membawa keluar matawang asing dan / atau cek kembara yang melebehi jumlah bersamaan RM10,000; ( iii ) Pengembara bukan pemastautin yang membawa masuk ke Malaysia matawang asing yang melebihi jumlah bersamaan USD2,500. ( ii ) Pengembara pemastautin yang membawa keluar matawang asing dan / atau cek kembara yang melebihi jumlah bersamaan RM10,000; ( iii ) Pengembara bukan pemastautin yang membawa keluar matawang
asing dan cek kembara melebihi daripada jumlah yang dibawa masuk,
sekiranya jumlah yang dibawa keluar melebihi jumlah bersamaan
USD2,500. 5. Dengan demikian, Pas Perisytiharan Pengembara ( TDF ) untuk pemastautin dan pelajar yang bekerja dan belajar di Singapura tidak akan dikeluarkan lagi. Bank Negara Malaysia Daily Express
: 12th August 2000
CONTRABAND CIGARETTES : MAN
FINED RM100,000 KOTA KINABALU : A 27-year-old local was fined RM100,000 or eight months’ jail by Sessions Court Judge Abdul Rahman Sebli for transporting contraband cigarettes. Cheang Chee Keong was arrested at Melinsung at 7.35pm on June 6, two years ago when the lorry he was driving was found to have an assortment of three different brands of cigarettes namely 5,000 packets Perilly’s and 500 packets Hope believed to have been smuggled. Prosecuting officer Cheong Yu Min of the Royal Customs and Excise Department told the court that the unpaid duty on the goods amounted to RM36,443.52. The charge was framed under Section 135(1)(e) of the Customs Act 1967, Act 235 (1980), punishable under 135(1)(I) of the same Act. Meanwhile trial begins Friday for another 43-year-old local for allegedly transporting smuggled items. Abu Omru Diman from Kampung Bukit Kuda, Labuan was arrested at the Labuan ferry terminal in Kota Kinabalu at 1.30pm on Nov 24, 1998 upon disembarking from the Labuan Express 2 from Labuan. Abu had with him 400 units of Nokia mobile phone and several Nokia handphone accessories allegedly with an unpaid duty totaling RM130,000. He pleaded not guilty to the offence when charged on Nov 26, 1998 and was released on RM50,000 bail with RM25,000 deposited under one local surety. The charge framed under Section 135(1)(b) Customs
Act, Act 235 (1980), punishable under Section 135(1)(I) of the same Act
carries a penalty of a fine not less than 10 times of the customs duty
amount or RM100,000 whichever is lesser and not more than 20 times the
amount of the customs duty or RM100,000 whichever is greater.
By : ELIZABETH MAJAHAM Daily Express
: 28th August 2000
CASH EXPOSES BUSINESSES ‘CHEATING’
IN SERVICE TAX KOTA KINABALU : Many business establishments charging 10 per cent service tax to its customers are not paying the tax to the Government, claimed the Consumer’s Association of Sabah and Labuan (Cash). A survey done by Cash over a period of six months throughout the State and Labuan revealed many of the establishments particularly restaurants, hotels and cafes were collecting the service tax, but did not redirect the payment to the Government as stipulated in the Service Tax Act 1975. In a statement here Sunday, Cash said there were also some who are charging the service tax without the license from the Royal Customs and Excise Department. Many of the establishments also did not display the service tax license in their premises, which should not be the case. When asked, they claimed the license was being held by their "towkay" (owner). Cash also found that many professional firms including printing companies, saloons or nightclubs were charging the tax but not in accordance to the actual rate. Cash reminded consumers to count their change and should ask for the service tax license if they were being charged extra to pay the service tax. Cash also called on the Royal Customs and Excise Department to conduct surprise raids on these outlets to prevent consumers from being cheated. |
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KOTA KINABALU : A local holiday resort was charged in the Session's Court on five counts Monday for failing to pay service tax including penalty amounting to RM43,213.51. Sabandar Bay Resort Sdn. Bhd. Pleadednot guilty. Representing the company is director Chan Hon Bin who was released on RM3,000 undeposited bail under one surety pending hearing on ept 23-24. The company is alleged to have committed the offence at the Internal Revenue Board office at Kuwasa at 8am between Jan 29 - Sept 29 last year. All five charges framed under Section 14(3) of the Service Tax Act 1975, punishableunder Section 29 of the same Act, which provides for a RM5,000 fine or 24 months' jail or both upon conviction. The first charge : that the Company failed to pay RM8,864.85 for May 1 till June 30, 1999, plus penalty RM886.48; The second charge : that the Company failed to pay RM4,878.39 for July 1 till Aug 31, 1999, and penalty RM585.41; The third charge : that the Company failed to pay RM7,820.21 for Nov 1 till Dec 31, 1998, plus penalty RM938.43; The fourth charge : that the Company failed to pay RM8,034.88 for Jan 1 till Feb 28, 1999, plus penalty RM803.49; The fifth charge : that the Company failed to pay RM5,989.64 for Mar 1 till April 30, 1999, plus penalty RM598.96. Deputy Public Prosecutor Yunos Tahir will be calling five witnesses. BY : ELIZABETH MAJAHAM |
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Daily Express
: 1st December 2000 KOTA KINABALU : State Customs Department preventive officers seized 8,890 reams of suspected contraband cigarettes of various brand with an estimated value of RM8,890 and unpaid import duties totalling RM23,229, here Wednesday. Its Director Ibrahim Jaapar said the seizure was made at 11.30pm when they intercepted a Toyota Crown with three men inside at Mile 7, off the old Kota Kinabalu – Tuaran road here. However, the culprits, who were believed to be foreigners, managed to evade arrest by fleeing on foot, he said. Initial investigation believed that the cigarettes might have been brought in from Labuan for distribution in and around the city. The biggest seizure of smuggled cigarettes here was made on Nov 1, when the department’s preventive unit seized a total of 25,502 packets of smuggled cigarettes of various brands worth RM23,990 here. The contrabands with unpaid
import duties totaling RM131,729.21 were seized in three separate raids
on two unnumbered houses at Kampung Nelayan, Likas and onboard a Tawau
– Kota Kinabalu express bus in Tuaran. Two foreigners were also apprehended
and charged in court, following the seizure. By : LARRY RALON Harian Ekspres
: 29hb November 2000 SANDAKAN : Penolong Kanan Pengarah Kastam Haji Zainal Rajan berkata, jabatan itu memerlukan bantuan orang ramai untuk memerangi kegiatan penyeludupan di Negeri ini. Jabatan Kastam dan Eksais boleh bertindak pantas sekiranya mereka menerima maklumat mencukupi daripada orang ramai mengenai kegiatan seperti itu yang berlaku di kawasan mereka masing-masing. Beliau berkata demikian di majlis "Mesra Kastam 2000" di Kampung Paris 1, Kinabatangan, dekat sini hujung minggu lalu, anjuran bersama pejabat Kastam Sandakan dan Lahad Datu. Menurut beliau, program oleh kedua-dua pejabat itu merupakan satu pendekatan positif ke arah memupuk muhibbah dengan penduduk tempatan, terutamanya mereka di kawasan luar bandar, bagi mencapai matlamat bersama. Dengan maklumat yang diterima, jabatan itu boleh bertindak secara positif terhadap para penyeludup, dan dalam masa yang sama, melindungi ekonomi negara. Kemasukan banyak barangan seludupan ke negara ini bukan sahaja akan melemahkan penjualan produk tempatan tetapi juga memperlahankan pelbagai industri di Negeri ini, kata beliau. Beliau memberi amaran, kurangnya
kegiatan industri akan memburukkan lagi masalah pengangguran di negeri
ini. Harian Ekspres
: 29hb November
2000 KOTA KINABALU : Jabatan Kastam dan Eksais Diraja meletakkan sasaran untuk mengutip sejumlah RM300 juta cukai jualan dan perkhidmatan pada tahun depan. Pengarah Kastam Sabah, Ibrahim Jaapar berkata, angka itu merupakan peningkatan 30 peratus daripada kutipan sekarang yang berjumlah RM280 juta setahun. Katanya, sasaran berkenaan diletakkan selaras dengan pengumuman Ketua Pengarah Kastam Malaysia minggu lalu yang meletakkan sasaran mengutip RM24 billion cukai di peringkat nasional pada tahun depan. Ibrahim berkata demikian dalam sidang media selepas melancarkan Sambutan Hari Kualiti Jabatan Kastam dan Eksais Diraja Peringkat Negeri di Dewan MAKSAK dekat sini pada Selasa. Bagi merealisasikan sasaran berkenaan, Ibrahim berkata, pihaknya akan membuat lawatan dan pemeriksaan ke atas premis-premis di seluruh negeri bagi mengesan peniaga yang layak membayar cukai tetapi tidak berbuat demikian. "Kita akan memberi tumpuan terhadap cukai dalaman iaitu cukai jualan dan perkhidmatan. Kita ada pasukan peninjau yang datang ke setiap premis untuk memeriksa akaun premis-premis perniagaan." "Kita akan pastikan mereka mempunyai lesen jualan dan perkhidmatan. Bagi yang belum berlesen, kita akan nasihatkan supaya memohon lesen. Jika mereka masih enggan mendengar nasihat, kita mempunyai strategi tertentu untuk mengesan akaun mereka," tambahnya. Menurut Ibrahim, peniaga yang mempunyai pulangan jualan melebihi RM500,00 setahun, dimestikan memiliki lesen jualan dan perkhidmatan yang dikeluarkan oleh Kastam. "Saya yakin, ada peniaga khususnya pengusaha-pengusaha restoran yang belum memohon lesen jualan kastam walaupun pulangan jualan tahunan mereka mencapai tahap berkenaan. Jadi kita ingin peringatkan mereka supaya segera mendaftar bagi mengelak sebarang tindakan diambil kerana penalti bagi kesalahan seumpama itu adalah 50 peratus daripada cukai yang gagal dibayar," katanya. Sebelum itu, dalam ucapan perasmiannya, Ibrahim mengingatkan kakitangan jabatan berkenaan supaya terus memelihara imej jabatan dengan menjalankan tugas dengan jujur, cekap, berdedikasi dan berkualiti. Katanya, hanya kakitangan yang mempunyai kualiti sedemikian yang boleh meletakkan jabatan pada tahap yang dihormati. Sementara itu, sempena majlis
berkenaan, Kinabalu Motor Assembly diumum sebagai penerima Anugerah
Pembayar Cukai Terbaik sementara Pejabat Kastam Mas Kargo pula adalah
penerima Anugerah Perkhidmatan Terbaik.
Oleh : NASHIR MANSOR Harian Ekspres : 7hb Disember 2000 Rokok Seludup : Lelaki Didenda RM25,000 KOTA KINABALU : Hakim
Mahkamah Sesyen Abdul Rahman Sebli pada Rabu mengenakan denda RM25,000
atau penjara tiga bulan terhadap seorang warga Indonesia berumur 26
tahun kerana memiliki rokok seludupan. Abd. Fattah Mohd. Asibin ditangkap
dalam satu serbuan ke atas sebuah rumah tidak bernombor di Batu 6, Jalan
Nabawan, Keningau pada 3hb Disember pukul 1 pagi berikutan penemuan
4,400 (X12) paket Gudang Garam Surya di kediaman tersebut. Menurut pegawai pendakwa, Superintenden
Kastam Mohd. Sanusi Ab. Aziz, sepasukan anggota polis yang pergi ke
lokasi itu menjumpai barangan itu dibungkus dalam plastik hitam dan
disorok di satu sudut di sebelah tandas. Jabatannya mengesahkan rokok-rokok
itu tidak bercukai, berjumlah RM13,860. Abdul Fattah yang didakwa di
bawa Seksyen 135(1) Akta Kastam boleh dikenakan denda tidak kurang daripada
RM10,000 atau denda maksimum RM277,200. Oleh : ELIZABETH MAJAHAM Daily Express : 8th
December 2000 TAWAU : Sabah Royal Customs and Excise Department scored the biggest bust in smuggled cigarettes and tobacco this year with the seizure of 211,400 packets of contraband Kretek cigarettes and 200 packets of tobacco here, Wednesday - involving unpaid import duties totaling RM806,888.26. The seizure which was valued at RM295,400 was seized by Customs officers onboard a speedboat intercepted in the Balung waters, near here, based on a public tip-off at 6.30pm. When Contacted Thursday, State Customs Director Ibrahim Jaapar said they also detained four male suspects aged between 25 and 32, two of whom Filipinos, and a four engine, 1,000 horse-powered speedboat. He said the boat was intercepted following a 25-minute speedboat chase between a group of six preventive officers led by Ab. Kassim Ab. Kais and the suspects. The suspects attempted to escape upon seeing a patrol unit from the opposite direction, at about 6.05 pm. The Customs personnel were conducting surveillance since 4.30 pm, he said. Investigators believed the suspects were trying to smuggle in the goods from a neighbouring country, via the district, for distribution in Kunak. "The cigarettes and tobacco were neatly hidden under a canvas cover in the boat," he said. Cigarettes and tobacco were banned for importation under the Customs Duty Rule (Restricted Import Item), and those found committing the offence face charges under Section 135 (1)(e) of the Customs Act 1967. Commending the public cooperation and information that led to the success of the seizure, Ibrahim is hoping for more information on smuggling activities in and around Sabah waters, while promising full confidentiality of their identities. On Nov 26, Customs Director-General Datuk Abdul Halil Mutalib said cigarette smuggling activities had cost the government RM4.8 billion in lost revenue this year. He said an analysis of cigarette consumption showed that about RM6 billion in cigarette tax should have been collected this year. "However, we only managed to get RM1.2 billion," he said. "From now on, we'll be hard
on the smugglers. If they have high-powered speedboats, we'll equip
ourselves with faster ones," he said. By : LARRY RALON |
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