ILO hands over duty-free car

The country office of International Labour Organization (ILO) yersterday handed over a Toyota Sedan car used by one of its former officers to Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (DCII), reports BSS. "The country office of ILO has handed over the car to DCII team from its Gulshan office today," DCII director general Dr Mainul Khan said.
He said DCII will take next steps about the car after examining its documents. The ILO officer who used the car worked in Bangladesh from June 17, 2008 to December 31, 2016 as an international expert. He imported the car (Registration No. AJALA-0036) under duty-free facilities.
He said DCII has launched investigation into the misuse of duty-free vehicles by different foreign organizations. Mainul said the ILO officer left Bangladesh on December 31, 2016 permanently after the end of his assignment here. But before leaving Bangladesh he did not hand over the pass book and the car to the customs as per the law, he said.
Earlier, the customs intelligence sought some documents, including pass-books, of 16 vehicles, from the World Bank (WB) on allegation of misusing the duty-free facilities.

 

ILO hands over duty-free car

The country office of International Labour Organization (ILO) yersterday handed over a Toyota Sedan car used by one of its former officers to Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (DCII), reports BSS. The country office of ILO has handed over the car to DCII team from its Gulshan office today, DCII director general Dr Mainul Khan said. He said DCII will take next steps about the car after examining its documents. The ILO officer who used the car worked in Bangladesh from June 17, 2008 to December 31, 2016 as an international expert. He imported the car (Registration No. AJALA-0036) under duty-free facilities. He said DCII has launched investigation into the misuse of duty-free vehicles by different foreign organizations. Mainul said the ILO officer left Bangladesh on December 31, 2016 permanently after the end of his assignment here. But before leaving Bangladesh he did not hand over the pass book and the car to the customs as per the law, he said. Earlier, the customs intelligence sought some documents, including pass-books, of 16 vehicles, from the World Bank (WB) on allegation of misusing the duty-free facilities.