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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