PUTRAJAYA: The Royal Customs Department has detained a married couple for alleged fraudulent Goods and Services Tax (GST) refund claims through the GST-03 statement involving nearly RM25.58 million. He said both the suspects would be charged in the Ipoh Sessions Court in Perak on Wednesday. He said the suspects were detained after several months of investigations by the National Revenue Recovery Enforcement Team. "The department is now identifying several others believed to be involved, and also those who have been deceived by the couple to make the fraudulent claims,” he added. On the GST collection, Subromaniam said RM41.2 billion was collected last year and the amount exceeded the target of RM39 billion.

Source: The Star August 29, 2017 14:01 UTC