Budget 2026: Govt Serious About Combating Leakages, Power Abuse At Borders

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 (Bernama) -- The allocation of RM45 million to the Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) reflects the MADANI government’s seriousness in combating corruption and abuse of power at the country’s border entry points, said AKPS director-general Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain.

Shuhaily expressed his appreciation to the government for the allocation to the newly established agency.

“I would like to thank the government for the allocation given to this new agency. Our journey is still at an early stage, and we will certainly face our own set of challenges,” he said when contacted today.

Shuhaily also welcomed the government’s plan to appoint military veterans to fill vacancies within AKPS.

He said the veterans’ experience in national security and defence is highly valued in supporting the government’s mission to combat corruption and abuse of power at the nation’s borders. 

“The discipline and expertise of military veterans will be fully utilised to ensure that AKPS becomes a credible and respectable border enforcement agency,” he said.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, when tabling the MADANI Budget 2026 in the Dewan Rakyat today, said that since its establishment, AKPS has prevented more than 10,000 foreign nationals from entering the country and seized goods that were being smuggled.

Anwar, who is also the Finance Minister, said that to meet AKPS’s manpower needs of 220 personnel, the government will prioritise the recruitment of military veterans to ensure full operational readiness.

-- BERNAMA