MAQIS needs more manpower to control goods entering country 13 Dec 2020 / 08:10 H.
ISKANDAR PUTERI: The recent unearthing of a cartel smuggling in frozen meat shows that there is an urgent need to increase the manpower of the Department of Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Department (MAQIS) at all entrance gates into the country.
MAQIS Deputy director general, Dr Azhari Sharidah Abu Bakar said this was because the department only had 467 members to control 57 entrance gates in Peninsular Malaysia.
He said inspections in Sabah and Sarawak were under the relevant agencies such as the Department of Veterinary Services Malaysia, Department of Agriculture Malaysia and Department of Fisheries Malaysia.
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