Bestrin Group, the successful bidder to supply a fleet of 489 NGV buses to Bangkok Mass Transit Authority, has admitted that the first lot of 100 buses which are held up at Laem Chabang deep-sea port were imported from China and not assembled in Malaysia as earlier claimed by the company, said Customs Department chief Kulit Sombatsiri on Tuesday.

As such, he said that Bestrin Group must be charged 40 percent import tax for the 100 NGV buses, amounting to 2.95 million baht for each bus. On top of that, he added that the company would be fined twice the amount of tax.

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