Three local companies were ordered to settle fines for failing to comply with Section 52 1, Income Tax Act Section 35. The companies failed to submit Income Tax Returns for the relevant Financial Years. Ar-Barakah Sendirian Berhdd was fined $4,000 for failing to submit Income Tax Returns for the Financial Years 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Savers International Sendirian Berhad was fined $4,000 for failing to submit Income Tax Returns for the Financial Years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. GEIO Sendirian Berhad was fined $2,000 for failing to…
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Price Control Act Violation
Nine compound fines and six warning notices were issued to several business companies for violating the Price Control Act, Chapter 142 and the Regulations under it. The Department of Economic Planning and Statistics, DEPS, Ministry of Finance and Economy in its press release stated that the findings were from the DEPS daily routine enforcement through the Department of Consumer Affairs. The companies were found to have committed an offence under the Price Control Act, Chapter 142, namely selling price-controlled items such as cooking oil and infant formula milk powder as…
Read MoreWeek of summits to test Biden’s foreign policy
A seven-day overseas trip looks likely to prove the biggest test of U.S. President Joe Biden’s foreign policy chops since he entered office last year, with four back-to-back summits culminating in what could be his first face-to-face meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping as president. Biden departs Thursday for Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, for the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP27 meeting. He then attends the annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, and East Asia summits, which are this year in…
Read MoreCustoms Case
A Malaysian man was brought before the Kuala Belait Magistrates Court for possessing 60 cartons of cigarettes of various brands, an offence under the Excise Act 2006. Hisham Bin Aladin pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment in default of a $46,500 fine. All contraband were seized to be destroyed. Source: Radio Television Brunei
Read MoreCorruption Case
A 52-year-old local man working as Senior Chief Immigration Officer at the Department of Immigration and National Registration, Ministry of Home Affairs is charged for two offences under Section 165 of the Penal Code, Chapter 22. Seruji bin Haji Setia is charged for respectively obtaining carpets without consideration or with consideration which is inadequate from persons who is connected with his official function as a public officer. Preliminary investigations conducted by the Anti-Corruption Bureau, ACB revealed that the Defendant, who at the time of the commission of the…
Read MoreOverstaying
A foreign man and woman were arrested by the Kuala Belait Law Enforcement Division for offences under the Immigration Act Chapter17. The two offenders were taken to the Kuala Belait Law Enforcement Division for investigation and further action for committing the offence under Section 15 1 for Overstaying after their immigration passes have expired. The arrests were made during the OPS Tumpas JIPK at the Bus Terminal area in Seria on the 25th of October 2022. Meanwhile, the employers involved have also been instructed to present themselves at the…
Read MoreExecutive Development Programme Certificate Presentation
Civil servants of all levels must have competency and a way of thinking that supports, assists and innovative to improve civil service capabilities. According to the Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office, this is to shape an effective and excellent government in the era of globalisation to develop the nation, and at the same time to ensure the citizen’s welfare sustainably. Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Retired Major General Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohammad Yussof, Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office underlined the matter on 6th…
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