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Smuggling is a widespread issue because of various economic reasons. Malaysia strategic geographical location, in the center of the South East Asian region made the country an attractive destination for smuggling. Smuggling is an offence under the law because it threatens not only the public safety but also the national security and justifies for stern consideration and actions. This paper will draw on the role of Royal Malaysian Customs Department in mitigating smuggling activities in Ran...

Human trafficking is one of the issues which may potentially create negative impacts to a country. Therefore, the objectives of this study are to investigate the relationship between the geographical location and enforcement which act as the factors fueling the human trafficking issues in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and to investigate the most influential factor which leads to human trafficking issues in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The study is a case study that focuses on the e...

Association of Southeast Asian Nation or ASEAN has been established in the year 1967 and it has been one of the successful regional organizations. ASEAN has used ASEAN Way as the doctrine to guide ASEAN member states in managing the regional cooperation. However, one of the approaches maintained by ASEAN which is ASEAN Non-Interference Principle has been questioned due to arising of humanitarian issues that happened in the region. The current study ...

Migration can be described as the movement of people, either within a state or they cross an international border. Migration will affect the host country in the form of cultural, economy, environment, politics, and securities, as well as diseases. This research is aim to study and analyse the possible threats to the national security of Malaysia caused by irregular migrants, second; scrutinising the effect in the long run if the inflow of irregular migrants is failed to mitigate by the Mal...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations was established on 8 August 1967 through Bangkok Declaration. One of the main concerns of ASEAN is the environmental security in this region. Transboundary haze has been an annual occurrence in Southeast Asia region since 1980’s and the disastrous events in 1997-1998 episodes had marked severe impacts to Indonesia and neighbouring countries. Thus, ASEAN has been active in the control of haze pollution from peatland and forest f...