PENGKALAN HULU: Police will use all legal instruments, including extradition, to assist in investigations into alleged corporate manipulation activities, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
The Home Minister said investigation into the case is still ongoing under the Penal Code and the Anti-Money Laundering Act (Amla).
“If any individuals are overseas and there is a need to record their statements to assist in the investigation, we will use all available processes to enable us to bring them back.
“The investigation is proceeding well.
“I am briefed from time to time by the police conducting the investigation.
“I have no reason to doubt the competence of the police,” he told reporters after monitoring border control operations at the Malaysia-Thailand Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security (ICQS) Complex in Bukit Berapit here.
Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Mohd Khalid Ismail was reported to have said that some of those linked to a probe into the so-called corporate mafia are abroad.
Separately, Saifuddin Nasution said the proposed construction of a new ICQS complex here is at the feasibility study stage.
“The ICQS (Bukit Berapit) in Pengkalan Hulu is unique because the distance between the checkpoint on the Thai side and ours (Malaysia) is quite far.
“Although it is less than one kilometre, people who undergo inspection on our side have to drag their luggage all the way there (to the Thai checkpoint) and there are also other security issues.
“In a series of discussions with the Perak government, several locations have been proposed for us to consider, and there is a need for us to build a new facility,” he said, Bernama reported.
Saifuddin Nasution also said that the government plans to place the operations of the Bukit Berapit ICQS under the supervision of the Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) to streamline its security control system.
“AKPS will eventually take over up to 122 entry points nationwide, including sea, land and air.
“Once there are sufficient human resources and adequate infrastructure in place, the AKPS director-general will then finalise when the agency will fully take over,” he said.
For now, AKPS is prioritising critical national border entry points, including those in Kedah and Kelantan, the minister added.
At present, AKPS has taken over control of 22 of the country’s 122 border entry points.
