Public can keep duty-paid liquor at home, says customs dept

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The department moves to clarify an official's remarks that collections of up to 30 or 40 bottles at home are technically illegal without a licence.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/08/29/public-can-keep-duty-paid-liquor-at-home-says-customs-dept  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com  Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5  Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM  Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h  Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp  Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX  Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb  Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj  Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Download FMT News App:  Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46  App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ  Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP   #FMTNews #Liquor #DutyPaid

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00:01Members of the public are allowed to store liquor at home for their personal

00:04consumption without a license, as long as the duty for alcoholic beverages has

00:09been paid, says the customs department. The department said people are not

00:14required to keep a record if they purchase duty-paid liquor for their own

00:18consumption from licensed outlets, as the seven-year record-keeping requirement

00:22applies only to license holders, importers, and exporters. It added that, under the

00:28customs department's administrative law, there is no limit on the number of

00:32liquor bottles a person may store for personal consumption. The department

00:37nonetheless said that it seized 1.42 million ringgit in non-duty paid bottles

00:42of liquor from January to July this year after raiding homes across the country.

00:47It said there were a total of 55 such cases involving an estimated tax of 4.02

00:54million ringgit. It also denied taking arbitrary action, saying its moves

00:58were based on the Excise Act 1976 and Customs Act 1967 following public

01:04complaints and intelligence work. Earlier, Customs Department Assistant

01:09Director V. Kamal Hassan said any premises used for storing liquor must be licensed

01:14and that collections of up to 30 or 40 bottles at home, often built up over

01:19years through special festival additions, are technically not permitted without a

01:23license. Natalie Chan, FMT.

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