Mike Poulos attempts smuggling silver coins into Indonesia

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Saturday, March 26, 2011

Batam customs Squeeze Canadian Entrepreneur

 BATAM (KN)
Tensions coloring argument between officers of Customs and Excise Office Batam and a foreign businessman from Canada named Mike Poulos at the main office of the BC Batam on Friday (25 / 3).
Canadian Caucasians who served as Director of HMV Bullion was accused officer on duty in the hangar BC international port Sekupang been blackmailed, simply because bringing in as many as 1,000 Canadian coins, pieces of five dollars from Singapore to Batam.
Interpreted the coins were actually worth Rp44 million has been put Mike to Batam on Thursday (24 / 3) at 17.00 pm.
According to Mike, he was asked to pay an amount of import duties on 1000 items made of silver coins in the form of income tax and VAT up to Rp18 million at the international port Sekupang. But he did not accept that demand an explanation to the office of BC, yesterday.
BC initially told officers he paid Rp14 million for coins he was carrying was not money but the merchandise and shall be subject to import duties. But Mike refused to pay it at the port.The officer could stop a coin weighing nearly three pounds of it and told him to sign an arrest warrant goods.
He then took one of the officers to his home in hangar number Batam Center. "There I have to pay Rp 14 million to the officers and my stuff restored,''he said.
But several hours later, he again visited the BC officer who has not been identified. The officer told him to pay another Rp 4 million due to a miscalculation of import duty by the rules that exist.
After paying and receiving a valid receipt issued by BC, Mike was not satisfied. He would report the matter to the superior officer the hangar. Fierce debate took place almost two hours. BC parties remained adamant that brought the Caucasians coin is shaped merchandise items. "We have relied on their own list of lists that are filled when the coin currency but instead of goods (merchandise),''said BC Head of Customs Office Aditya Rudy Batam yesterday.
While Mike insists he bought the coin in Singapore it is the country's currency you want to keep in Batam. According to him, the goal to BC's office just wanted to clarify regulations governing goods he was carrying it.
Head of Information Services Office of the BC Supreme Batam Iwan dismissed the allegations of extortion against Canadian Caucasians. Because the payment of import duties had been carried out in accordance with procedures based on a list of items written by Mike that the items below are not money.
''If he wrote the money means not subject to import duties due under par Rp100 million, "he said.
However, to ensure the validity of the Canadian five-dollar coin made of silver it is money or merchandise, the BC with the Caucasians clarify in the office of Bank Indonesia. ''Later the results of the examination as to what will be notified. If that is true of money, customs entry we return,''said Agung. (Otik)