Suspend a Customs Director for allowing the import of BMW cars with fake documents

Mr. Duong Phu Dong - Director of the Post-clearance Inspection Department has just been suspended from his position for 15 days to clarify his responsibility for allowing the import of a batch of cars with many violations by Euro Auto Company.

The Ministry of Finance requested to stop customs clearance of BMW cars after discovering a case of fake import documents.

Speaking to VnExpress on the morning of December 26, Mr. Nguyen Van Can - General Director of the General Department of Customs said that this agency has suspended Mr. Duong Phu Dong - Director of the Post-clearance Inspection Department for 15 days. Mr. Can said that this suspension was implemented last week, to clarify Mr. Dong's responsibilities in the case of an auto import company using fake documents to clear customs of a batch of BMW cars.

However, the Customs leader also said that the car import incident was only one of the reasons for the General Department to make the decision to temporarily suspend. Mr. CanAlso informed, currently the Post-clearance Inspection Department is temporarily in charge of Ms. Le Thu - Deputy Director during the time Mr. Dong is suspended.This unit has the function of post-clearance inspection, appraisal and state management of customs for priority enterprises.

Previously, at the end of November, the Ministry of Finance sent an official dispatch to the General Department of Customs requesting to stop customs clearance of imported BMW cars.exempted from preferential treatment and diplomatic immunity after it was determined that Euro Auto Joint Stock Company used fake documents for import.

The management agency said that this company arbitrarily consumed goods (imported BMW cars) without customs clearance. In addition, Au Chau Auto is also said to have intentionally failed to provide the Certificate of Origin (C/O) and records, certificates, and documents of BMW cars imported by the company, showing signs of fraud and deception to customers. The Ministry also said that the company also used fake documents such as sales contracts, commercial invoices, etc. to import BMW cars.

The General Department of Customs has worked specifically with the Supreme People's Procuracy to consider prosecuting the case against the violations of the European Automobile Joint Stock Company according to regulations./.

According to VNE