MACC has thousands of video clips of smuggling along borders

PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian AntiCorruption Commission (MACC) yesterday revealed that it has thousands of video clips on smuggling activities along national borders since 2017 as a result of corrupt practices.

At a press conference held yesterday, the MACC screened a video clip at its headquarters office here which showed blatant smuggling activities along the border areas.

“What we show is just a sample of the clips, we have thousands and hours of clips,” said Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Latheefa Koya in the press conference.

Latheefa said all the videos obtained by MACC have been handed over to the police for further action.

She also regarded MACC’s success in obtaining the thousands of videos as a breakthrough in the anti-corruption exercise against smuggling.

“We have stumbled upon clear cut evidence as to how it is being done by breaching the security,” she said.

“Because of this breakthrough, we now know how simple and easy it is to let this thing happen at the borders because of corruption,” she said.

Head of the audio video branch in the MACC forensics division, senior superintendent Badri Azni said the modus operandi of the smugglers was to meet the security personnel on duty along the border.

“Each time there is going to be smuggling activities, they will try to approach the security personnel and give something, believed to be money, as a bribe to allow them (to carry out the smuggling),” he said.