According to the Labuan Chinese Chamber of Commerce, the federal territory sold a total of 300 million sticks of duty free cigarettes annually.
“The business community as well as the people of Labuan totally reject this claim made by the minister,” Wong said, in a statement today. He said based on their sales records, Labuan sold a total of 300 million sticks of duty free cigarettes annually.In an interview with The Edge, Zafrul had said the government decided on several measures to improve revenue collection, including from the shadow economy.“We did an analysis — how come so many can smoke on this island? It doesn’t make sense, the number of cigarettes per capita, including tourists, is just too high,” he said last week.