Disco bar of businessman linked to P6.4-B shabu shipment delinquent in tax payments

CENTRAL VISAYAS: MANDAUE CITY, CEBU

LIV SUPER Club, a popular disco bar in Mandaue City, where businessman Kenneth Dong is one of the directors and stockholders, has been found to be delinquent in paying local taxes. Lawyer Mae Elaine T. Bathan, chief of staff of Mandaue Mayor Gabriel Luis “Luigi” R. Quisumbing, said the luxury club has not paid its amusement tax in 2016 amounting to P361,000, excluding penalties. It also has not paid amusement tax this year. Ms. Bathan said the city treasurer’s office is now assessing the club’s total dues. “We expect that they will be assessed for more than half a million or to a million,” she said. The club’s business permit, which it secured last June 22, will expire on Dec. 31. It started operations in 2014. “In January, na- issue- han man sila ng temporary business permit that was set to expire on Aug. 9, 2017. However, on June 22, 2017, they have complied with their business permit, thus they were issued a business permit valid up to Dec. 31,” Ms. Bathan explained. It was also only this year that the club started complying with the SSS, PhilHealth, and Pag-IBIG requirements for its employees. Based on the general information sheet from the Securities and Exchange Commission, at least five people are behind the management of Liv Disco Club, Inc. — Brian Tan Del Solo, chairman and president; and Yi Shen Dong (Kenneth Dong), Henry Reyes Yu, Raymond T. Go, and Hua Zhou Ling, directors. “They will be issued with notices to pay these amusement taxes wherein they will be given 10 days to comply. If they do not pay these taxes, then they will be recommended for closure,” Ms. Bathan said. The mayor has also ordered the police to heighten monitoring and intelligence-gathering activities to determine if the bar, along with other establishments, are involved in illegal activities such as narcotics trading. — The Freeman >> See related story on NBI files drug rap vs nine over P6.4-B shabu shipment https://goo.gl/221Wct

MITCHELLE L. PALAUBSANON/THE FREEMAN THE NUMBER of customers at LIV Super Club in Mandaue City has dropped by 50%, according to operations manager Benray Conti, after one of the establishment’s directors, Kenneth Dong, was linked to illegal drugs.