PUTRAJAYA, Aug 18 — The Health Ministry will increase surveillance at Malaysia’s international entry points and advocacy on mpox following mpox being declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organisation for a second time on August 14.

TUMPAT, July 24 — The government should pay attention to the operations, assets, and appointments involving enforcement agencies at the Malaysia-Thailand maritime border in Kelantan, said the Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC) chairman Tan Sri Ismail Bakar.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 — The Malaysia Border Control and Protection Agency Bill 2024, aimed at establishing the Malaysia Checkpoints and Border Agency (MCBA), was passed in the Dewan Rakyat today.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 — The Malaysia Checkpoints and Border Protection Agency Bill 2024 to establish the authority was tabled for first reading in the Dewan Rakyat today.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 — The establishment of the Malaysia Checkpoints and Border Agency (MCBA) is expected to be crucial to elevate the country to Tier 1 in the United States’ Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report next year.

MUMBAI, June 11 — India will focus on finding solutions to border issues with China that has long strained ties between the countries, Indian Foreign Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said today after assuming charge for a second straight term.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — The Home Ministry (KDN) is looking to enhance the use of technology, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), for stricter border control measures, Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said.

PADANG BESAR, Jan 20 — The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN) will deploy its enforcement officers at seven national border checkpoints in Perlis, Kedah, Perak, and Kelantan to combat the leakage and smuggling of controlled and subsidised goods into neighbouring countries.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 9 — A bill is being formulated to establish the sole national border agency (SBA), said Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 29 — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) plans to establish three new battalions to further strengthen border security control in Sabah and Sarawak, the Dewan Negara was told today.

JOHOR BAHRU, Nov 8 — The pilot project for the single border agency (SBA) to regulate the country's 141 entry points is expected to start next year, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 — The RM19 billion allocation for the Home Ministry under the Budget 2024 is meant to strengthen national security and ensure the ministry personnel’s welfare are well taken care of.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 — The Ministry of Defence will not compromise on any form of intrusion at the country’s borders whether at sea, land or air in line with the Defence White Paper.

BUKIT KAYU HITAM, April 25 — The Home Ministry (KDN) is currently exploring the possibility of using technology and innovation-based systems, including artificial intelligence (AI) like drones when uniformed bodies carry out their duties along the borders of the country.

SINGAPORE, Dec 30 — Singapore is closely monitoring the global Covid-19 situation and stands ready to reinstate border health measures for selected countries if warranted by the public health situation, said the republic’s Ministry of Health (MOH) on Friday.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 15 — Some 500 members of the Malaysian Volunteer Department (Rela) will be deployed to help the General Operations Force (PGA) maintain security at the five border areas in the country starting next year, said Home Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

REUTERS, Sept – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday his country will ease Covid-19 border control requirements next month, a key step in fostering a recovery in Japan's tourism sector, which is eager to take advantage of the yen's slide to a 24-year low.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 26 — Early preparations made by the Ministry of Health (MOH) in dealing with the increase in cases of Covid-19 and the spread of monkeypox infections in the country will not likely require another Movement Control Order (MCO) or border controls to be imposed, says National Recovery Council (MPN) chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 6 — Police security control duties along the country’s border areas will continue despite the termination of Op Benteng this June.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — Travellers who had been infected with Covid-19 and have completed their vaccination do not need to undergo quarantine upon arrival in Malaysia but they are still required to take the RTK Antigen (Ag) test at the international checkpoint.