A process birdnests is said to be worth more then US 4,000 per kilogram in China.
A good referance to read and never to carry birdnests out of Malaysia without proper lisences and paying of taxes.
KUALA LUMPUR, Selasa 22 Jan.--
Taktik dua lelaki untuk melancong ke luar negara bermain golf akhirnya terbongkar setelah mesin pengimbas di lapangan terbang mengimbas barangan yang cuba diseludup keluar. Imbasan terhadap beg mereka termasuk beg kayu golf menemui sarang burung laying;layang bermutu tinggi bernilai kira-kira RM70,000.Penemuan itui hasil kerjasama polis bantuan Malaysia Airport Berhad Terminal Tambang Murah LCCT Sepang dengan Jabatan Perlindungan Hidupan Liar dan Taman Negara (Perhilitan).
Menurut Pengarah Perundangan dan Penguatkuasaan Perhilitan Dr Sivananthan Elagupillay, pemeriksaan menemui 14 kilogram disyaki sarang burung laying-layang gua (edible-nest swiftlet - aerodramus fuciphagus) bernilai kira-kira RM70,000.
Kedua-dua lelaki terbabit yang berusia 40 an kemudiannya ditahan. Mereka diikat jamin RM2,000 setiap seorang sehingga dihadapkan ke mahkamah 12 Februari depan.
Menurut beliau, penyeludup biasanya menggunakan taktik mengisi sarang burung itu dalam beg pakaian, beg sukan, serta kotak dan diisi dalam plastik hitam.
Malaysia merupakan antara pengeluar terbesar dunia selepas Indonesia serta Thailand dan mendapat permintaan tinggi terutama di China dan Hong Kong.
Sarang burung layang-layang bernilai tinggi di pasaran antarabangsa mencecah sehingga RM 5,000 sekilogram. Bulan lalu, barangan serupa bernilai kira-kira RM 780,000 dirampas di lokasi sama dan lapan lelaki ditahan.Jika sabit kesalahan boleh dikenakan denda tidak lebih RM 3,000 atau penjara tidak lebih 3 tahun atau kedua-dua sekali di bawah seksyen 68 Akta Perlindungan Hidupan Liar 1976, akta 76.
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In summary, two person were caught at LCCT (low budget airport terminal) carrying birdnests about 14 Kilograms worth more then RM 70,000 by putting them in their golf bags.
When their golf bags were inspected, there were no golf sticks but birdnests.
The moral of the news is that do not take any risk by carrying birdnests with you when you travel out of the country. If you do, make sure you obtain the necessary lisences and pay the required taxes. Don't be stupid to smuggle using a golf bag .. He he he
3 comments:
Are these people trying to evade tax by risking goods being hold in custody and being arrested? The tax is RM100/kg and it's piece of cake compare to the value of the good. Why? Ask PERHILITAN lah. Central govt is imposing the licenses but local state brances don't know how to process them! Not only license to export. Harvester also need license to harvest. They're treating house nests using law towards cave nests. Before getting export and harvesting licenses the nests must be harvested from licensed farms. How many farms were given licenses in Malaysia vs how many applied but rejected without reason to obtain licenses? Before applying lisence for farm the building must can pass the requirement for certificate of fitness for occupation. How many standalone farm can pass that? Who to be blamed of these smuggling? Malaysia Boleh.
Ah Seng,
U are right in making those points. One of the biggest issue is how to implement those, supposed to be guidelines, by all the related government bodies. Most of them do not have any clear ideas what is right and what is wrong.
I hope the Government will look at swiftlet industries as a profitable industries. They should encourage and not discourage by imposing too many rules and regualtions that are not productive.
At the end of the day the industry suffers and our neighbors make the most out of it....
I really don't understand what D government is up to, on one hand, saying that they support the industry and on the other hand, make the investors suffer. This is not a case of smuggling of Bird nests but the problem with the administration. If you don't any rules or permit to sell nest, then there is no wrong by taking nest out to sell; helping to generate more income for the nation .....I see nothing wrong with that.
License to export? What's License, even Perhilitan don't know how to process the license cos it not in the list which include protected animals like tiger skin .......Malaysian raayat boleh tetapi Kerajaan tak boleh-lah.
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