Get serious about border smuggling


I APPLAUD the MACC (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission), particularly Chief Commissioner Latheefa Koya, for exposing the graft-related activities at the Padang Besar-Thailand border point. (“MACC investigating graft at border”, The Star, Oct 19; online at bit.ly/star_border).

Yes, it’s obvious that this is just the tip of the iceberg, as the MACC suspects.

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