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The shipment of 81,500kg chicken wings from The Netherlands were confiscated by Customs enforcement unit from Putrajaya on Feb 23 at the Rajang Port for not having import permit.
The chicken wings were estimated to be valued at RM543,756 with duty estimated at RM108,751.
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Sarawak Customs Dept to ‘relocate’ disposed chicken wings
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The Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JDKM) has admitted that apart from poor choice of location, weakness in supervision during the disposal of the chicken wings in Sibu, Sarawak recently had resulted in the local residents digging up for the disposed poultry parts.
Its director-general T Subromaniam however said the department had adhered to all the necessary procedures when conducting the disposal.
“For import of poultry, you must first comply with the veterinary import permit and, secondly, you must have a halal certificate, without this the Customs will seize the goods.
“We have complied with the disposal procedures but we did not expect people will dig as deep at 20 feet for the chickens, so probably we have failed in terms of supervision,” he said after attending a Kedah JKDM Excellent Service Award presentation ceremony in Sungai Petani, today.
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6 April 2017
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 6 — The Customs Department has finally owned up to the improper disposal of a whopping 81.5 tonnes of chicken wings unearthed by Bukit Aup villagers in Sibu, Sarawak two days ago.
Acting Sarawak Customs director Ahmad Zainudin Drahman said the wings were confiscated goods shipped in from the Netherlands to the Rajang Port in Sibu on February 23 without an import permit, The Borneo Post reported on its website today
But he sought to distance the local Customs office from the incident, saying federal officials from Putrajaya took charge of the case from start to finish.
“I cannot give the rationale for their decision to dump it there. We only provide the manpower,” Ahmad was quoted saying.
He told a news conference in Sibu this afternoon that state Customs officials would usually dispose confiscated raw food goods at the garbage disposal centre in Kemuyang after consulting the Veterinary Department, stressing that it was their standard operation procedure.
“That is what we are going to do now. But this disposal of the chicken wings near Bukit Aup is beyond our knowledge. It is arranged by Customs Putrajaya.”
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Sibu chicken wings dumped due to non-halal cert?
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 6 — The mass dumping of container-loads of chicken wings in Sibu, Sarawak last week that sparked a free-for-all dig among villagers was allegedly shipped in from New Zealand, according to The Borneo Post.
In a report today, the largest English-language daily in Borneo cited an unnamed “reliable source” further saying that the chicken wings were ordered to be disposed of by the Customs Department because the imported goods didn’t have halal certification.
The paper yesterday reported an unnamed Sibu Customs officer saying the dumping “has nothing to do with us” in response to rumours circulating among locals after dozens of villagers were recorded digging up the chicken wings in a vacant land near a quarry in Bukit Aup earlier this week that had been buried last Friday.
According to the same unnamed source, as many as four container-loads of chicken wings weighing a total six tonnes, up from the previously reported three tonnes, were discarded.
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Sibu public advised to identify source of chicken wings before purchase
Villagers from around Bukit Aup in Sibu, Sarawak dug up frozen chicken wings buried in a mass ‘grave’ following a tip-off on its disposal.
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SIBU, April 5 — Members of the public are advised to take precaution and identify the source of raw chicken wings before purchasing them.
Sibu Health Officer Dr Muhammad Rais Abdullah said it was important that they do so to ensure the chicken wings are safe for consumption.
“Be smart shoppers and do not be easily swayed by offers of below market price raw chicken wings.
“Ensure that you buy or obtain raw chicken wings from legitimate suppliers,” he said in a statement today.
The statement was issued amid fears of some quarters selling chicken wings which had been disposed of by an enforcement agency here last Friday.
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5 April 2017
Malay Mail OnlineVerified account @themmailonline
After free for all, Sibu council rush to inspect buried chicken wings for contamination (VIDEO)
Villagers were seen helping themselves to a seeming free-for-all chicken wings feast after spotting pictures on social media.
KUCHING, April 5 ― Fearing widespread contamination, the Sibu Rural District Council (SRDC) is sending its public health inspectors to investigate the mass dumping of three tonnes of chicken wings along a quarry road in Bukit Aup recently unearthed by villagers.
Its chairman Sempurai Petrus Ngelai said the council was concerned that some villagers might have consumed the meat said to have been buried several feet deep there since last Friday.
“I have instructed our public officers to stop the villagers from further digging out the chicken wings at the site,” he told Malay Mail Online when contacted today.
He advised villagers who are mostly Ibans from Sungai Aup against consuming the chicken wings dug up as they might be contaminated with toxic chemicals and to throw them away instead.
He urged those who had taken home the chicken wings to inform the council if they were unsure of how to dispose of the potentially hazardous meat.
Sempurai also said the council is roping in the help of police and other government agencies to investigate the dumping of the chicken wings by persons unknown as the vacant land did not appear to be a designated garbage disposal site.
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