Community outreach approach to thwart smuggling activities

Johor MMEA director First Admiral Nurul Hizam Zakaria (left) handing out aid to Sungai Punggur’s fishing community head Abdullah Kassim to be distributed to locals during the agency’s community engagement session, which is part of Operation Redback with the Australian Border Force.

THE Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) will continue focusing on the Johor waters to thwart criminal activities such as the smuggling of migrants, drugs and contraband items.

The agency’s director-general Maritime Admiral Datuk Mohd Zubil Mat Som said this was following the reopening of various economic sectors including trading, shipping and agriculture.