Ruining border security for a paltry RM50

Got eyes: An Aksem officer demonstrating how tontos keep a lookout for the authorities.

BUKIT KAYU HITAM: For just RM50 per job, tontos are willing to “sell themselves and the nation” to the smuggling trade, a Kedah Malay­sia Border Security Agency (Aksem) source said.

Many of these tontos are unemployed villagers living close to smuggling routes, he added.