Tighter border controls


Desperately holding on: Two Myanmar women putting up a struggle as Immigration officers pick them up in Kampung Pengkalan Rama Pantai in Malacca for not having valid documents.

PUTRAJAYA: A total overhaul of all border security measures is on the cards for at least five law enforcement agencies that guard the Malaysian-Thai border.

This comes about after the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Com­mission found too many weaknesses with the border patrol, which has come under heavy scrutiny following the discovery of mass graves and human-trafficking camps there.

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