The third Strategic Trade Act (STA) (Amendments) 2017 Townhall session – for Southern Region was held on 19 March 2018 at Thistle Hotel, Johor Bahru. The previous two sessions were held in MITI, KL and Penang. The townhall session was led by the Deputy Strategic Trade Controller (DSTC), Ms. Ellyza Mastura Ahmad Hanipiah together with 2 panelists from Royal Malaysia Customs (RMC) based in Johor – Ms Fauziah Sarman, and DagangNet (DNT) – Mr. Mohd Yusof. Approximately 70 participants from companies based in Johor Bahru and other government agencies are involved in the export industries of strategic items attended the session.

With the same agenda as per previous townhall sessions, this townhall served as a platform to increase stakeholders’ knowledge on STA 2010, especially on the recent amendments as well as to discuss real and perceived impediments to the implementation of STA amendments. DSTC highlighted the whole process of the amendments from Good Regulatory Practice – Regulatory Impact Analysis (GRP-RIA) to tabling exercise of the act at Parliament, followed by a presentation on the gist of the amendments which include the reduction of penalties, introduction of compounding offences, new definition of brokering, authorisation power to the authorised officers, flexibility of End Use Statement (EUS) and presumptions of export.

The session continued with the presentation from RMC on Customs Procedure on Strategic Goods Controls, presentation from DNT on the Process, Enhancement and System Requirement for STA Module, followed by a dialogue session with the participants.

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DSTC with officers from STS

Townhall session