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SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1992

WITNESSES OF DIFFERENT

"WE HAVE TO INTERVIEW THE SUSPECT AND VARIOUS CHECK LARGE QUANTITIES OF DOCUMENTS AND. RECORDS PARTIES TO A BUSINESS DEAL.

CROSS

"A HUGE VOLUME OF EVIDENCE HAVE TO BE GATHERED BEFORE WE CAN

TAKE THE SUSPECT TO COURT, HE ADDED,

NG DESCRIBING THE PROCESS AS LENGTHY AND TIME-CONSUMING, MR SAID AN AVERAGE CASE MIGHT TAKE ONE-AND-A-HALF TO TWO YEARS BEFORE THE WORK COULD BEAR FRUITS.

DURING THE COURSE

OF

INVESTIGATION,

DEPARTMENTS SUCH

AS

THE POLICE,

ASSISTANCE

LEGAL

OF DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT,

OTHER

GOVERNMENT INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION AND IMMIGRATION IS ENLISTED.

HANDBAGS BUYING RETURNS,

CITING A RECENT CASE IN WHICH A SHOES AND AGENT WAS FOUND GUILTY OF SUBMITTING FRAUDULENT PROFITS TAX MR NG SAID EXPERTS FROM THE GOVERNMENT LABORATORY HAD BEEN CALLED CONDUCT FORENSIC TEST TO VERIFY THE SIGNATURE OF THE DEFENDANT.

THE

MERCHANT

WAS SENTENCED

18 ΤΟ

MONTHS' SUSPENDED FOR TWO YEARS, AND FINED A SUM OF $10,000 ON PLUS A PENAL TAX OF $3.4 MILLION IN THE DISTRICT COURT,

TO

IMPRISONMENT EACH CHARGE

RELATIONSHIP

THE INVESTIGATION SECTION HAS A CLOSE WORKING WITH VARIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE INTERPOL.

A AGAINST

ΤΟ THE

WERE EXTRADITION ACTIONS

INITIATED IN 1990, CHEMICALS WHOLESALER WHO FLED TO CANADA WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT DURING THE INVESTIGATION PERIOD.

HE WAS FINALLY ARRESTED AFTER HE HAD SLIPPED INTO HONG KONG. MILLION IN THE AND FINED $3.35 HE WAS LATER JAILED FOR 12 MONTHS DISTRICT COURT.

THE

NOTING THAT PUBLIC SUPPORT PLAYED AN IMPERATIVE PART IN FIGHT AGAINST TAX EVASION, MR NG SAID 80 PER CENT OF THE CASES HANDLED BE THE SUSPECT'S WERE PROMPTED BY TIP-OFFS FROM INFORMERS WHO MAY EMPLOYEES, COMPETITORS, FRIENDS AND RELATIVES.

HE URGED THE PUBLIC TO COME FORWARD TO TAX POSSIBLE

TO THE COMMISSIONER EVASION BY WRITING TO THE REVENUE AT GPO BOX 132 OR SIMPLY CALLING 594 4011.

CASES REPORT

OF OF INLAND

BE ASSURED

"INFORMERS CAN

OF PEACE OF MIND BECAUSE INVESTIGATORS ARE OBLIGED BY LAW TO KEEP ALL INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL," HE SAID.

STRICTLY

AHEAD, LOOKING

MR NG HOPED THEIR

WORK

COULD CREATE A

DETERRENT EFFECT ON POTENTIAL TAX EVADERS.

/TAX EVASION