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PHILIPSBURG:--- Prosecutor Gonda van der Wulp demanded that Member of Parliament Silvio Matser be sentenced to 24 months imprisonment, eight of which should be suspended. The Public Prosecutor also asked that the court impose a fine of Naf. 4.5 million guilders on the now Member of Parliament who owned and operated Energizer N.V.Matser was charged with tax evasion to the amount of US $3.2 million in connection with non-payment of income tax, social security premiums for workers and turnover tax on behalf of his construction company. Energizer's director was held and questioned on January 25, 2013, in connection with this tax investigation.The formal charges include tax evasion, forgery of tax returns allegedly committed between January 1, 2006 and October 10, 2010 and alleged tax evasion over the fiscal years 2006 and 2007.According to Matser, Energizer was exempted of payment of these taxes as sub-contractor, because the developer had obtained a tax holiday for these projects. The court will render its decision on January 7th, 2015.
