Confiscated cars released to importers

[snoop1130]

Confiscated cars released to importers

By The Nation

 

 

The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has cancelled confiscation orders for 38 luxury cars that had been seized in May as part of an investigation into alleged import-duty evasion.

 

This was to allow the cars to be returned to three car import companies to keep while the probe was pending, a source at the Justice Ministry revealed on Wednesday. 

 

DSI deputy director-general Korrawat Panprapakorn recently signed the cancellation order so 17 Rolls-Royce cars could be returned to Millennium Auto Sales and Services (Thailand); 15 Aston Martins, one Ferrari and one McLaren could be returned to Heritage Motor Sales and Services; and four Maserati could be returned to Design MotorWork.

 

The decision was made by a team from the DSI and public prosecutor office. The team members said they were confident that, when the involved parties in Britain revealed the cars’ real prices, the inquiry could be finalised and the unpaid tax collected. 

 

Upon learning about this, executives at the ministry asked the DSI to submit the resolution record and a list of the names of team members who had agreed to the release the cars. This was so these people could be held accountable if the unpaid tax couldn’t be collected for some reason, the source added.

 

The source also said that officials in Britain had sent the manufacturing price of the cars to the DSI – not the purchase prices at showrooms – and the agency had not yet submitted the correct documents for the Customs Department to assess the unpaid tax.

 

The confiscation order cancellation took place after Seree Chinabarramee, president of Niche Cars Group, told a press conference in July that his company, the country’s leading distributor of super cars, has suffered Bt700 million in lost business opportunities caused by the DSI’s delayed inspection of 83 vehicles since May 18.

 

He urged officials to speedily conclude the probe so his business could go on as usual. 

 

The DSI later explained that there were grounds for suspicion that many cars’ declared prices didn’t match the real purchase prices. The company did not argue; it only asked the investigators to treat all car dealers equally in the probe.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30325971

 

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[Thian]

What about all the stolen cars from the UK? Have they been returned or what happened with them?

[tracker1]

Some very happy people and some not so happy people ! share and share alike !possibly the last we will hear of this !

[worgeordie]

So they have the dealers prices for the cars in U.K., just add CIF and 

they will come up with what should be the landed price,charge applicable

taxes on that amount,what is so difficult,now they have handed the cars

back to the importers ,they have lost all their leverage,but with a little

imagination you can see why.

regards Worgeordie

[Anythingleft?]

As the man at the top says, "forget about it, now move on" lol

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[dcnx]

Of course they were returned. Surprised it took so long.

[jobwolf]

1 hour ago, tracker1 said:

Some very happy people and some not so happy people ! share and share alike !possibly the last we will hear of this !

The enforcement of Law in Thailand is just incredible.

So probably no fine and the cars can be sold before the import tax is paid, only in LOS.

 

[HooHaa]

i think it is epicly (sp?) brazen.

 

elegant, with its own internal logic.

[DoctorG]

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Upon learning about this, executives at the ministry asked the DSI to submit the resolution record and a list of the names of team members who had agreed to the release the cars. This was so these people could be held accountable if the unpaid tax couldn’t be collected for some reason, the source added.

I would like to believe this, but ...