The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is hunting down 100 duty-free luxury cars brought out from Langkawi, including McLaren and Ferrari supercars. Owners of the cars are believed to be working with syndicates to take out the vehicles from the island, obtaining duty reduction that is not valid, causing millions of revenue loss for the government.
According to Harian Metro‘s sources, there are 100 luxury cars on the roads nationwide that were exported out from Langkawi by the syndicate.
“Some of these cars were purchased back in 2015 and some have changed hands and are into their third owners now. MACC have collected documents on the cars to track them. Investigations will continue to bring back the loss of tax revenue caused by the syndicate,” the source said, adding that MACC will track down the individuals working with the syndicate for duty reduction.
In the first phase of the special operations conducted in the northern region on July 13, MACC seized 20 luxury cars and took down a vehicle duty-reduction syndicate that caused the government to lose RM33 million in revenue. Seven individuals were arrested in Kedah and they were agents of a government agency that worked with car owners to falsify information for the purpose of getting duty reduction from Customs.
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Yea right, majority who pulled these are vvips, as if you can touch them. Likely there will be a syndicate busy in a few months and that’s it.
Whole system is corrupted from the top all the way to the core.No wonder we are known as the 3rd cronyism capital in the world since independence and particularly even worst for the Previous administratioN love of Direct Negotiation Tender with inflated project price to divert ….
Langkawi belonged to me. So no problemo
We got over 100 newly minted MP in Gomen. Why not start from there.
Kedah is under PN Pas ruling. Deswai korapp
Kedah YB are not under korapp mahaldahni gomen.
No worry. No corruption again. Just misunderstand.
i remember a newly elected Batu MP who was just a fresh college grade but within 1 year already has an Alphard to ride. This was before Pakatan had bought all those luxury MPVs for their usage so one wonders how does a college grad from a poor background could afford such a car. Any ideas?
Langkawi only? Best you check Labuan too.
RM33m is small amount. catch those politicians that don’t pay taxes.
Politicians don’t receive salary, but allowance, is that correct?.
Allowance are not taxable, is that correct?
how bout AP? nobody mention we bought taxless car with AP price included?
terbaik madani. dapat balik tax ni boleh bangunkan kedah.
sure boh? lepas tangkap d… settle with 50% discount. macam biasa balik. Malaysians love discounts ma
Corrupt practises or plain system flaws?
Importation of used recon cars and trucks also grossly under declared for duty purpose. It has been going on for decades in Port Klang and JB. Money trail of the importers will provide lots of information.
Ingatkan kaya sangat,rupanya lari cukai.
We love taxes.
As it will make us understand it and escape from it.
U dont lose money..u just miss that profit free money
I have a radical idea, how about no more taxes and duties on vehicles so at least the rakyat can buy quality and affordable vehicles.
I’ll be the first to be honest, nobody cares about those VVIP vehicles. We care more about ourselves, maybe we should vote a platform that will abolish taxes and duties on vehicles.
How is it possible that you can ship cars from Langkawi to mainland without being recorded in the system? They using some fisherman boat is it? LOL
Cmon, all the records are there in the system and govt knows very well how many cars are being transferred to the mainland as these are shipped using containers. I bet most of the cases could be due to overstaying in the mainland. Govt could easily call out these owners and send them a nice letter with a hefty penalty sum and haul them to the court.
Existing laws are there, but lack of enforcement and under table bribery is the root cause here. No point hunting down the cars, hunt down the car owners, the officers involved and the entire syndicate. Catch the bigger fish. Get it?
They can ship it out anytime,but must not exceeding 6 months. This is where the loophole is. Kaki will made the car going in and out the pulau on paper only.
Land of milk and honey semua boleh kaya
Yg buat tu suma VVIP, xkan le B40 kot. Dan rse2 VVIP tu kabel mcm mne pulak kan. Gov mcm le brani pulak nk tgkp.
Malaysia is country best for money laundering and tax evading
In Msia, money laundering & tax evasion are still a crime.
In Spore, money laundering & tax evasion are legalised as long as it benefits the island.
There u go. They are the true T20! They can afford non subsidised fuel.