Budget 2027 allocates RM22 billion each to the Home and Defence ministries, with 48 new airport scanners and mandatory drug and alcohol tests for flight crew.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Home Ministry and Defence Ministry will each receive RM22 billion under Budget 2027, while airport security screening will be tightened, including mandatory drug and alcohol tests for pilots and flight crew.
Prime Minister and Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, when tabling the budget today, said RM7.1 billion would be set aside to buy and maintain assets for the armed forces, police and uniformed bodies under the Home Ministry.
He said national border security would also be strengthened, with RM490 million allocated to the Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency.
Anwar said 48 new body and baggage scanners would be installed at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Penang International Airport and Kota Kinabalu International Airport.
He said airport security screening would also be tightened, including making drug and alcohol tests mandatory for pilots and flight crew.
Several new facilities will also be built, including the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency state headquarters in Tanjung Kupang, Johor, the 19th Battalion General Operations Force complex in Cheras, the Immigration Office in Keningau, Sabah, and three new police stations in Sungai Rambai, Melaka; Tanjung Malim, Perak; and Batu Lintang in Sri Aman, Sarawak.
