On the 18th – 20th November 2014, the Royal Malaysian Customs Department (RMCD), as the current Vice Chair for Asia Pacific hosted the 24th Regional Contact Point Meeting in Langkawi, Malaysia.
Two Asian passengers aged 22 and 19 have been detained following discovery of drugs in their possession.
In the first case, 1008 grams of Cannabis were seized hidden in the luggage of a male passenger, who travelled to Maldives on 22nd November 2014.
The World Customs Organization (WCO) Asia/Pacific Vice-Chair handing over ceremony was held on 26th June 2014 during the 123rd/124th WCO Council Sessions in Brussels, Belgium.
The Director General of Royal Malaysian Customs Department, Dato’ Sri Khazali bin Ahmad representing the Government of Malaysia signed a Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) on Authorized Economic Operators (AEO) programs between the Government of Malaysia and the Customs Administration of Japan on Friday (27th June 2014) at the World Customs Organization’s (WCO) headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.
The 15th World Customs Organization (WCO) Asia/Pacific Regional Heads of Customs Administration Conference was held in Port Douglas, Australia from 29 April - 2 May 2014.
The workshop was held on 13-17 January 2014 at the China Customs Radiation Detection Training Center (RTDC) in Qinhuangdao, China. The RTDC, which was set up in 2012, is a cooperative project between China Customs and US Department of Energy, in order to enhance the capability of China Customs in combating...
Royal Malaysian Customs Academy (AKMAL), Melaka hosted the WCO Asia-Pacific Workshop on Resource Mobilization from 24th to 28th February, 2014. This workshop was co-organized by the WCO, WCO Regional Office for Capacity Building (ROCB A/P) and AKMAL under the sponsorship of Customs Cooperation Fund/Japan.
The 5th Session of the WCO Capacity Building Committee (CBC) was held in Brussels from 31st March to 2 April 2014 with the theme “Strong People-Strong Organizations”. Around 240 delegates from WCO Member Administrations and stakeholder organizations attended the session.
As agreed during the 22nd ASEAN Directors General of Customs Meeting held in Singapore, Malaysia will host the 15th CECWG Meeting. The 15th meeting of the ASEAN Customs Enforcement and Compliance Working Group (CECWG) was held in Equatorial Hotel, Melaka from 18 to 20 March 2014.
As part of mentorship program held in Malaysia organised by the Malaysian National Authority for the Chemical Weapons Convention (NACWC) in cooperation with the Organisation for the aProhibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), a delegation from the National Authority of Chemical
In June 2013, five customs officers from member states of the Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO), namely Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu attended a four week internship under the OCO Twinning Program at the Royal Malaysian Customs Department (RMCD)
Director General of Royal Malaysian Customs, Dato’ Sri Khazali bin Hj. Ahmad received a courtesy call on 23rd December 2013 by the newly appointed US Ambassador to Malaysia, His Excellency Joseph Y. Yun to discuss Customs issues involving concerns and interest of both countries.
