A general view of the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine Complex at the Malaysia-Thailand border in Pasir Mas. (Photo: Bernama)
Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – Malaysia's Ministry of Domestic Tradeand Cost of Living (KPDN) on January 21 announced that it will arrangeenforcement officers at seven national border checkpoints in four states ofPerlis, Kedah, Perak and Kelantan, to combat the leakage and smuggling ofcontrolled and subsidised goods to neighbouring countries.
KPDN Minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali said the deployment ofministry enforcement officers will go on until the establishment of the SingleBorder Agency (SBA).
He added that the move aims to ensure the Government’ssubsidy policies are implemented effectively.
He said his ministry will hold talks with the Home Ministry andImmigration Department to allow enforcement officers to be stationed at thecountry’s entry gates like officers of the Customs Department.
Armizan said his ministry will also continue the implementation of OpTiris this year to monitor other controlled items such as sugar, cooking oil,wheat flour, RON95 petrol and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
KPDN will also conduct supervision and inspection of businesslocations of wholesalers and retailers in border areas, including dieseltraders, people with licences to trade the subsidised goods, transportcompanies, and export companies to get information about the goods supply anddistribution./.
