KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 28 — The National Task Force (NTF) which comprises 18 security agencies tasked to safeguard the country’s borders at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, will be officially disbanded on Saturday (December 31) after two years of operations.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 6 — Police security control duties along the country’s border areas will continue despite the termination of Op Benteng this June.

PASIR MAS, Jan 16 — Battalion 7 of the General Operations Force (GOF) has successfully foiled smuggling and cross-border criminal activities in ‘Op Benteng Covid-19 Kelantan’, which began on December 16, recording seizure of nearly RM5 million.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 13 — The Op Benteng to combat the entry of illegal immigrants under the National Task Force (NTF) will end in June this year, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — A total of 3,300 members of the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) have been deployed to assist the police at roadblocks, static posts and Mobile Patrol Vehicle patrols throughout the country.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 7 — Kampung Paya Ular, Kampung Tualang and Kampung Bechah Palas in Mukim Bunut Susu, Pasir Mas, Kelantan will be placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) from May 9 to 22.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 — Sixteen localities in Sungai Ruan as well as seven localities in Sempalit, Raub, Pahang will be placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) from May 8 to 21.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 15 — Seven districts in Kelantan will be placed under the movement control order (MCO) from April 16 to 29, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 — Four localities in three districts in Sabah and one in Pahang will be placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) starting tomorrow until April 27, said Senior Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 — Eight localities in Tawau, Sabah, will come under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) starting tomorrow until April 25 following the spread of Covid-19 with high infectivity rates.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 — The enhanced movement control order (EMCO) will be enforced in two areas in Sabah, namely, Kampung Rimbayan in Keningau and Kampung Simpang 3A, Merotai Besar in Tawau from tomorrow until April 15.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — Failure to observe physical distancing was the top violation recorded by the movement control order (MCO) compliance operation taskforce yesterday, Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 — The government has decided to enforce the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) on two detention centres for illegal immigrants, at Home Ministry’s Setia Tropika complex and the Sultan Iskandar Building Immigration Department in Johor Bahru beginning tomorrow till April 10.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — A total of 305 individuals were detained yesterday for breaching the standard operating procedure (SOP) of the movement control order (MCO), said Senior Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 — Kampung Teluk in Sitiawan, Perak will be placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) for 14 days beginning Thursday (February 11).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — The government has allowed small-scale fishing activities to resume throughout the period of the movement control order (MCO), subject to permission from the police.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — The enhanced movement control order (EMCO) on Bentong Prison in Pahang and Taiping Prison in Perak and their staff quarters has been extended by another 14 days until February 22, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) chased out nine Indonesian fishing boats that encroached Malaysian waters about 44 nautical miles southeast of Pulau Perak, Kedah yesterday evening.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 — Two localities in Terengganu and one in Perak will be placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) in a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19 within the community and to break the chain of infection, said Senior Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 — Out of 251,101 foreign workers screened for Covid-19 from December 1 till yesterday, 4,735 tested positive, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Yaakob.