Customs to collect import duties from previously exempted firm


PETALING JAYA: The Customs Department was ordered to immediately collect a total of RM50.46mil from a company that was wrongfully exempted from paying alcohol import duties.

The Auditor-General’s Report noted that the exemption given was invalid because it was only meant for undenatured ethyl of 99.5% purity level.

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