Directors, workers claim trial to false manifest declaration

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KOTA KINABALU: Three directors and two workers of a shipping agency have claimed trial to three counts of falsely declaring consignment as spare parts and machinery when they were in fact contraband cigarettes worth RM22.7mil instead.

This was after the company, Harbour Services Sdn Bhd, and its directors Alias @ Awg Alias Timbang, 73, Wong Siau Chin, 43, and Yong Lin Ing, 49; were charged under Section 52 of the Customs Act 1967 at the Sessions Court here on Tuesday .

This was read together with Section 34 of the Penal Code, and punishable under Section 52 of the Customs Act which provides imprisonment for up to five years, or a fine of up to RM100,000, or both, on conviction.According to the charge sheets, the company and the quintet had made untrue declarations on the inward manifest forms for the containers.

Instead of declaring the goods in the containers as cigarettes, the company and the accused declared them as spare parts for injection moulding machine, welded wire mesh, holder liner electric welding as well as machine and dining table sets, among others.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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