KOTA BARU – All assets, including vehicles and buildings, belonging to the Malaysian Border Control Agency (Aksem) in Kelantan will be taken over by the General Operations Force (GOF) from October 1, following a rationalisation exercise by the government.
GOF Southeast Brigade commander Hasan Basri Ahmad Safar said as a follow-up, 101 police personnel with Aksem in the state will be absorbed.
With the rationalisation in place, he said, it is expected that all offices at the Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security Complexes in Bukit Bunga, Pengkalan Kubor and Rantau Panjang will be handed over to GOF.
“Thus far, police personnel from Aksem will be absorbed into a company from the GOF 8th Battalion based in Pengkalan Chepa here.
“We hope all processes run smoothly, to strengthen the deployment of personnel at the Malaysia-Thailand border,” he said when met at the GOF 8th Battalion Camp.
He said all three roadblocks mounted in Lalang Pepuyu, Tanah Merah; Neting, Pengkalan Kubor; and, Chabang Empat Salam, Rantau Panjang, will now be placed under GOF’s purview.
In June, the government announced the restructuring of Aksem, with the scope of border-control duties to be taken over by police.
GOF will continue all Aksem’s functions at the country’s borders under the provisions of existing laws. – Bernama, August 29, 2021
