Border agency to get RM490mil, 48 new scanners
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AKPS will also get 48 new body and luggage scanners, which will be installed at KLIA, the Penang International Airport and Kota Kinabalu International Airport. PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency, or AKPS, will be allocated some RM490 million under the 2027 budget. (Free Malaysia Today, 16:49)
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AKPS will also get 48 new body and luggage scanners, which will be installed at KLIA, the Penang International Airport and Kota Kinabalu International Airport. PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency, or AKPS, will be allocated some RM490 million under the 2027 budget.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said this is included in the RM7.1 billion allocated to the home ministry.
The funds will be used to tighten security screenings at all airports, including mandatory drug and alcohol tests on all pilots and flight crew.
AKPS will also get 48 new body and luggage scanners, which will be installed at KLIA, the Penang International Airport and Kota Kinabalu International Airport.
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