No need to declare jewellery bought personally from overseas, says deputy minister
Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Ir Amiruddin Hamzah delivers a speech July 26, 2018. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
“For your information, generally, generally, customs duty or excise duty is not imposed on jewellery. Amirudin was responding to several questions previously raised by Bukit Bendera MP Wong Hon Wai, who asked to know if a “Datin Seri” had declared the jewellery brought in by a Lebanese jeweller into the country.“With regards to the high profile case that Bukit Bendera mentioned, I think it was already answered by the Finance Minister last year, that it was brought in by an agent. Agent declared and brought it in, then there was a declaration of the same thing being brought out.
The case supports Najib’s previous statements that some of the jewellery seized in May by police investigating state investment firm 1Malaysia Development Berhad’s alleged financial improprieties belonged to third parties.
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