With the convenience of online shopping, the customs department has made every effort to prevent the entry of illegally imported goods.
Online shopping usually increases during the festival, so the director of General Administration of Customs-
General Dato' Seri hazali Ahmed and his men are preparing for a busy period of time.
"We expect more packages to come in during Harry Raya, Christmas and other festivals, and we are trying to make sure that these packages are not unnecessarily put on hold," he assured shoppers . ".
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This is a challenge for the customs department.
"This is a world without borders.
"As shopping becomes so easy, we can check more packages and the way people who try to smuggle prohibited items work is constantly changing," he added . "
Business not only attracts real shoppers, but also the Internet. savvy crooks.
"Criminals become more creative every day, so we need to be one step ahead at all times," he said . " In addition, goods purchased online or by mail are usually delivered through postal and courier services.
Customs officers of the National Post Office branch will check the return form and related documents and all parcels and parcels will be passed through X-ray machines.
A physical examination will be carried out for those with suspicious images.
Deputy director of Customsgeneral (
Execution and compliance)
Datuk Matrang Suhaili explained that his officials will conduct the necessary checks in the presence of the staff of Malaysia post before determining whether a project is taxed.
"Taxes will be levied based on the declaration documents or the inspection items.
However, we will ask the buyer to check the packaging together to determine if the tax should be levied, "he said.
Director of customs intelligence R.
Mariappa said no.
Under the tariff exemption order, prohibited items worth RM500 and below are exempt from tax in order to "quickly track" the process for the benefit of the purchaser.
"If you buy an RM2, £ 500 dress instead of 5 dresses totaling £ RM500, he says:" The former will be taxed, because we do not consider the quantity of items purchased-the tax is based on the cost. ".
Khazali said the rule is designed to facilitate real consumer transactions so there will be no delay.
"This is especially the case during the festival when consumers expect to receive their clothes or gifts in time to celebrate, so we want to speed up customs clearance.
"Fake guns, it's really troublesome. on June 15, ak Ke Customs Department seized 5 air rifles worth RM2 and 045, and the unpaid tax payment was rm879.
Online buyers, 15-year-
The old student was arrested after the Ipoh Post Office scanned the parcel arriving from a foreign country and found an air rifle with brass bullets.
Students can be charged according to section 135th (1)(a)
In article 1967 of the Customs Act, weapons are imported without police permission, fined up to 20 times the value of contraband or three years in prison, or both.
He can also be charged under Section 36th (1)
Of article 1960 of the Arms Act, a person holds a fake weapon and can be sentenced to up to one year in prison and a fine.
Khazali felt that the boy should not be fully accused.
"Where did he get the credit card he bought online?
You have to understand that toy guns can be used to commit crimes-some look and feel very real.
"This weapon may be fake, but it looks very solid and a bullet at close range can even be killed.
"Sex doping the department is also currently working closely with the Ministry of Health to prevent the sale of quantum pendants or Fusion Excel pendants and illegal drugs, which usually contain sex doping and weight loss agents.
July 13 Dr. Datuk Seri, Minister of Health
Subramaniam said to dofrom-volcanic-
Ash pendants are said to contain natural radioactive uranium, increasing the energy and memory of the wearer and improving blood circulation238 and th232.
Two days later, Datuk Eisah A, senior director of the Department of Forensic Medicine, Ministry of Health.
According to reports, Rahman said that the ministry, the General Administration of Customs and the Communications and Multimedia Commission of Malaysia (MCMC)
There are many websites selling drugs that are unregulated and untested, and the trail of these syndicate is on the way.
Since last year, they have been assisting the Ministry of Health and MCMC in curbing the sale of illegal drugs, Khazali said.
But the problem is not just online.
Khazali lamented that MCMC could close the site, but Malaysians would still travel abroad to try to bring in the illegal items.
Although customs officials are stationed at the point of entry, he said, it is simply impossible for these people to line up at every inch of the border.
"We monitor KLIA very closely, but when people come in through Sungai Golok (Thai-Border Malaysia)
Or Singapore, it's a big challenge.
"Do you know that there are about 30,000 drivers going to work every day between Singapore and Johor?
Small items are easily hidden in backpacks and pockets.
Illegal drugs and sexual doping are the most smuggled items.
Khazali, for example, said young men with strong hormone secretion went shopping at sex stores in Singapore or Amsterdam, and they were excited to try to smuggle sex toys or pornography into the country.
"They have to understand that while it is legal there, it is not legal here, because these programs are contrary to what society considers acceptable.
He suggested that the public check with the Department (www. customs. gov. my/index. php/en/m-pelancong/243-larangan-importeksport)
When not sure if their purchase will be allowed to enter the country under customs (
Import is prohibited)Order 2008.