Malaysia plans to pour away 196,000 smuggled beers

**islamirama** · 06-09-2008

Malaysia plans to pour away 196,000 smuggled beers

Malaysian customs officials plan to send more than 196,000 cans of smuggled beer gurgling down the drain after confiscating them from a gang that specialized in reselling duty-free drinks to pubs and grocers.

Officials cannot auction off the beer, worth about 287,000 ringgit ($84,040) with 1 million ringgit ($292,900) owed in unpaid duty and sales tax, because the sale would affect the domestic market, the Star newspaper said Tuesday.

The smugglers worked with freight forwarders and haulers over six months to obtain duty-free beers meant for shops in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia, customs officials told the paper.

Each of the 8,178 seized cartons was to have been sold for 30 ringgit, or about a third of the market price, customs official Madrina Alwi said.
But the plan went flat after customs officers raided an industrial estate where the beer was stored and caught two Myanmar nationals, the paper said.
($1=3.414 Malaysian ringgit)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070508/od_nm/malaysia_beer_dc_1

**north_malaysian** · 06-11-2008

We have beer factories inside Malaysia... smuggling beers would cost losses for the government as they cannot get the taxes from it...

I wonder if pouring 196,000 beers into drains would cause environmental effects?

**Muslim Knight** · 06-11-2008

I wonder if we can extract the alcohol content for use as alternative fuel for cars. Otherwise it would be awful waste. Also, I share brother n_m's concern for the environment.

**north_malaysian** · 06-11-2008

Originally Posted by Muslim Knight

I wonder if we can extract the alcohol content for use as alternative fuel for cars. Otherwise it would be awful waste. Also, I share brother n_m's concern for the environment.

I dont want my car to be "drunk"...

Seriously, the RM2.70/per litre made zillions of Malaysians became mad people...

Last night on TV1, I've seen lots of hate SMS from the public....

I really hope those 30 MPs would defect from BN this coming Ramadhan...:enough!:

**Izyan** · 06-11-2008

Originally Posted by north_malaysian

We have beer factories inside Malaysia... smuggling beers would cost losses for the government as they cannot get the taxes from it...

I wonder if pouring 196,000 beers into drains would cause environmental effects?

Why would it? it's just barely, wheat, grains and water fermented. Alcohol occurs naturally in nature in some places. It's fine to dump it.

**Fishman** · 06-11-2008

Originally Posted by islamirama

Malaysia plans to pour away 196,000 smuggled beers

Malaysian customs officials plan to send more than 196,000 cans of smuggled beer gurgling down the drain after confiscating them from a gang that specialized in reselling duty-free drinks to pubs and grocers.

Officials cannot auction off the beer, worth about 287,000 ringgit ($84,040) with 1 million ringgit ($292,900) owed in unpaid duty and sales tax, because the sale would affect the domestic market, the Star newspaper said Tuesday.

The smugglers worked with freight forwarders and haulers over six months to obtain duty-free beers meant for shops in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia, customs officials told the paper.

Each of the 8,178 seized cartons was to have been sold for 30 ringgit, or about a third of the market price, customs official Madrina Alwi said.
But the plan went flat after customs officers raided an industrial estate where the beer was stored and caught two Myanmar nationals, the paper said.
($1=3.414 Malaysian ringgit)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070508/od_nm/malaysia_beer_dc_1

...In other news, the number of young male tourists going on beach holidays to Malaysia has rapidly increased...

Originally Posted by north_malaysian

I wonder if pouring 196,000 beers into drains would cause environmental effects?

The fish won't be able to swim straight!