Prince Sultan's gift
The report in The Daily Star (10th March) on a gift by Saudi Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Minister Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz to former military dictator and president of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad has drawn my attention. The gift is a Mercedes-Benz 350 car.
In many civilised countries this sort of gift would be considered a bribe. Anyway, the rule in this case should be high import duty, value added tax and other relevant duties that must be paid by the recipient. All expensive cars should have a high road tax too.
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