When tabling Budget 2024 at the Dewan Rakyat on Friday, Prime Minister and Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the government will tighten measures to prevent smuggling of liquor products with transshipment restricted to certain ports.
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00:00 "The Agency will continue to make great efforts to improve the quality.
00:06 For example, the control of the smoking control
00:10 that contributes to the decrease in the percentage of smoking that is not allowed in the local market
00:15 to 56.6% in 2022 compared to 63.8% in 2020.
00:26 The amount of illegal smoking is still high in the market.
00:30 Therefore, cooperation between agencies will be increased,
00:35 including tightening the strict drinking control.
00:40 Starting from 1 January 2024,
00:43 strict control measures will be tightened and expanded to strict drinking products.
00:51 The activity of shipping and transshipment of strict drinking products will be limited to certain ports only.
00:59 Complex immigration, customs, quarantine and safety of the Bukit Kayu Hitam
01:03 will be made as a single exit route for the northern region.
01:08 Import activity for cigarettes for domestic markets
01:11 will not be done fully, full container load.
01:18 The Government appreciates the commitment of power agencies such as PDRM, SPRM
01:24 and Customs in Raja Malaysia
01:27 in increasing the efforts of the authorities and operations to counteract the degradation of state-owned products.
01:33 The impunity of the PDRM's actions to counteract crimes
01:38 and the authority of the SPRM to infiltrate financial syndicates and cartels should be appreciated.
01:47 As a step forward, I agree that the power agencies
01:53 who show their commitment and perseverance will be given a reasonable reward.
02:02 For more information, please visit www.fema.gov.uk/coronavirus.