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Promise 58: Defend and protect the country's borders from

external invasion, trafficking and smuggling

The BN government has failed to defend the nation’s land and sea

borders. In the peninsular, fishermen in the Straits of Malacca and the

South China Sea continue to be threatened by the presence of foreign

fishing boats.

The Pakatan Harapan Government will increase resources and capacity of

the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency to address these threats and

The ASEAN platform will be used to achieve intra-regional solution.

Foreign ships are reportedly seen in Sarawak waters while the people of

Sabah continue to worry about repeat of the Lahad Datu tragedy. Perlis has

also witnessed Wang Kelian tragedy, where shallow graves of trafficking

victims have been discovered. Smuggling activities also remains a

widespread problem.

All of these clearly reflect the dismal failure of UMNO and BN to safeguard

the sovereignty of the country, which is also partly due to widespread

corruption.

The principle of Pakatan Harapan Government is that national borders and

sovereignty of Malaysia cannot be compromised. We will double our

diplomatic efforts and accelerate bilateral negotiations between Malaysia

and Indonesia and the Philippines to resolve extra territorial issues.

The Pakatan Harapan Government will not tolerate lack of integrity of any

enforcement agency. In order to ensure the safety of the people and uphold

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