Bill on setting up sole border agency to be drafted soon


Saifuddin Nasution said the ministry and the Attorney-General’s Chambers have started work to craft the Bill to be tabled in Parliament in the first quarter of this year. — Bernama

PUTRAJAYA: A Bill is being formulated to set up the sole national border agency (SBA), says the Home Minister.

Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the Cabinet had agreed to the proposal for the Bill to enable the establishment of SBA, which would use one name and operate as the new border control agency.

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