KUALA LUMPUR: The Home Ministry is developing a master plan on the National Border Security Control outlining a comprehensive framework proposal aimed at strengthening security control at Malaysia's borders.
Its minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the master plan includes the development of integrated strategies and action plans involving the ministry together with agencies under its purview and other government agencies responsible for national border control.
"This master plan will be implemented based on two strategic focuses, namely; strengthening national border security control operations and strengthening national border control capacity.
"The focus of the strategy designed to strengthen the national border security control will be implemented by focusing on the five-front approach.
"Front 1 involves the northern border (Kedah, Perlis and Perak); Front 2 involves the eastern border (Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang); Front 3 involves the southern border (Selangor, Negri Sembilan,
Malacca and Johor); Front 4 involves Sabah border and Front 5 involves Sarawak border," he said in a parliamentary written reply yesterday, in response to Mordi Bimol (PH-Mas Gading).
Mordi was asking about the measures to coordinate the jurisdiction and cooperation among the General Operations Force (GOF), the Armed Forces, the police, the Customs Department, the Immigration Department and the ministry's enforcement team to combat the increasing smuggling of controlled goods and prohibited goods at the Indonesia-Sarawak border.
In the same development, Saifuddin said the ministry is currently in the implementation of the feasibility study of the development of the National Border Control System (NBCS).
The move, Saifuddin said, was an effort towards empowering the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology in border security control.
The proposed development of NBCS is a strategic move by the ministry to strengthen Malaysia's border security control through the use of the latest technology in line with the world's current technological developments.
"The development of the proposed NBCS system will be equipped with the latest surveillance system and AI technology to enable unsupervised operations, intelligent control processes, and rapid information dissemination with real-time and continuous round-the-clock surveillance in protecting Malaysia's land and maritime borders to peace, stability and national sovereignty.
"The use of this AI-based technology will enable the verification of objects to be carried out effectively, in addition to being able to avoid false alarms and it can help the security team in making decisions to improve the overall efficiency of security control at the border."
He said the study was carried out by the Institute of Public Security Malaysia (IPSOM), the ministry through the appointment of a team of researchers and experts from public universities.
"The study was commenced on Sept 7 last year and it will last for 14 months. It is expected to end this November."