KPDNKK’s NBOS strategy with other agencies bears fruit
KUCHING: The Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism ( KPDNKK)’s cooperation with other enforcement agencies through the national blue ocean strategy ( NBOS), particularly to curb abuses in subsidised control items, address leakage issues and smuggling of goods has borne fruit.
KPDNKK director (Enforcement Division) Datuk Mohd Roslan Mahayuddin said 172 cases nationwide involving the smuggling of goods to neighbouring countries were handed over by enforcement agencies to the ministry’s enforcement division for further action last year with goods confiscated worth RM11.531 million. He said up to October this year, 160 cases were handed over to its enforcement division involving goods confiscated valued at RM6.607 million.
He said agencies such as police, military, Marine Police, Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency ( MMEA) normally handled areas at the national borders but they submitted relevant cases to KPDNKK as these were under the jurisdiction of the ministry.
“KPDNKK enforcement is insufficient if we are to be placed at border posts and if we are deployed there, who will monitor Kuching city for instance?” he asked after presenting a briefing on legislation and Acts enforced by the KPDNKK enforcement division at Penrissen camp here yesterday.
However he said the ministry would depend on information and needs from time to time such as the current deployment of KPDNKK enforcement officers at the border post in Serikin, about 50km from here, specifically for monitoring trading activities in the area concerned.
The briefing organised by the Malaysian Infantry Third Brigade was the third such session nationwide since the first meeting between Armed Forces and KPDNKK in May, aimed at exposing military personnel on Acts and legal issues pertaining to consumerism, KPDNKK jurisdiction and guidelines on cases that were handed over by other agencies. — Bernama