KL plan on border wall welcomed

KL plan on border wall welcomed

PONTIANAK, W. Kalimantan: Police officers in West Kalimantan welcomed Malaysia's plan on Thursday to build a brick wall along its 870-kilometer border with Indonesia on Borneo island.

West Kalimantan Deputy Police chief Sr. Comr. Iwan Panji Winata said the Malaysian plan would help police and other security agencies on both sides of the border fight transnational crime.

The Malaysian plan was recently disclosed by Malaysian deputy home minister Datuk Zainal Abidin Zin.

Iwan said if the plan was really carried out, it would help protect border areas from smuggling and other illegal transnational activities.

"There will also be no more intrusions into Malaysian territory by illegal immigrants (from Indonesia) if the plan is implemented," he said. "If they (Malaysia) can do it, why not ...," he said. -- Antara