Police have dismantled over 100 illegal ports along Rantau Panjang, says Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday (March 25), the Home Minister announced that police had shut down 134 illegal ports and stationed police teams in the area.
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Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday (March 25), the Home Minister announced that police had shut down 134 illegal ports and stationed police teams in the area.
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00:00Can you tell us a bit about the border control?
00:04Border control?
00:05Yes.
00:10This border, let's look at it like this.
00:14First, I would like to define the border control.
00:17It is a gateway like BSI, Kesab in the south,
00:21or Bukit Kawi Hitam in the north, or Padang Besar.
00:26This is the gateway to our border in Kalimantan, etc.
00:32We just need to make sure that the omnipresence of our members is sufficient,
00:41then ensure the smoothness in terms of people's mobility
00:47in the peak season like this because the numbers are increasing.
00:50That's one.
00:52The second is the safety of our sea.
00:56I just launched Ops Pagar Laut on the first week of Ramadan.
01:03It involves an agency under the KDN, APMM,
01:08where they will monitor 24-7 threats such as the entry of illegal immigrants
01:18or drug smuggling.
01:22The pattern that we analyse for this holiday season
01:27is a window where smugglers or criminals
01:34assume that we will be relaxed in terms of security.
01:39The answer is no.
01:41Ops Pagar Laut is an initiative that the KDN has launched.
01:45It is now being carried out in all areas of our maritime borders.
01:50That's the standard.
01:52At the same time, the Police, Marines, and PGA.
01:55If we look at the video clips,
02:01we highlight, for example,
02:05the border in Rantau Panjang, Golok,
02:09involving 134 illegal bases.
02:14All of those have been closed.
02:19We have deployed a team from Perak to Omnipresence.
02:29This is important because the Golok River is close.
02:33Our borders with Thailand are very close.
02:37There are various forms of security threats here.
02:41Such as drug smuggling, firearms, foreign arrivals,
02:45necessities such as cooking oil,
02:48smugglers, smugglers, and so on.
02:50So now, we have closed illegal bases.
02:55We made that decision when I convened a meeting
02:58on the security of our borders
03:00with various agencies, including the Kelantanese Government.
03:03The Marine Police will continue to monitor the coastal areas
03:09with their HAT Batu Notika in control.
03:12So, I share this to show how we are in the highest level of preparedness,
03:20including during the holiday season,
03:22in terms of the security of our borders.