Army Western Field commander Muhammad Hafizuddeain Jantan said the project was launched on June 16 in collaboration with the General Operations Force (GOF) to help the government break the coronavirus chain of transmission.

He said the move was timely due to the existence of several new variants of the virus in the country, believed to be caused by the movement of illegal immigrants.

“I am confident that if security control is optimised, we will be able to increase the operational capabilities of these forces in protecting the country’s borders from any threats,” he said.

He was speaking to reporters after making a working visit to a roadblock in Pasir Pekan here today. Kelantan deputy police chief Abdullah Mohammed Piah was also present.

To further improve security control at the country’s borders, Hafizuddeain said the National Task Force is progressively supplying various assets in strengthening the operational capabilities of each security force on duty.

Meanwhile, on his three-day visit to Kelantan beginning yesterday, he said security control operations at the Kelantan-Thailand borders between the armed forces and various enforcement agencies were at a good level.

“Based on the briefing I received from the GOF yesterday, we have seized various types of goods from cross-border crimes, worth up to RM900,000, over the last four days,” he said.