A police officer stands guard next to security regulation signage at the departure hall of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang on March 10, 2014. — AFP pic
PUTRAJAYA, March 11 — The Immigration Department has come under fire after two men were found to have boarded flight MH370 with stolen passports.
Department director-general Aloyah Mamat admitted there were flaws in the security system, and that continuous checks and improvements were made to ensure these were not exploited.
“Flaws exist even in the best security systems, even ours.
“That is why security checks and internal audits are conducted consistently to test the health and integrity of systems such as that at KLIA.
“KLIA security measures and procedures pass international standards and regulations, but dubious parties will always try to search for weaknesses and exploit them,” said Aloyah.
“For obvious reasons, we cannot reveal our security measures to ensure their integrity.
“However, known measures in immigration such as biometric scans, metal detectors and 24-hour closed circuit TV monitoring are backed up by experienced officers on the ground.
“Throughout the years, all related national security agencies have worked together to create a proficient and constantly updated security web at KLIA,” she said.
Aloyah also said all immigration officers underwent thorough training and extensive screening before being hired.
“They are expected to be perceptive, informative and up-to-date on current immigration security issues, cases of security breaches and their counter-measures.”
Aloyah said all possible scenarios were being investigated with an internal probe under way to re-assess whether security measures were up to par.
“Security checks are heavily supervised and my officers act according to security regulations.
“I am personally heading an internal investigation to assess immigration security at KLIA, as well as liaising with related agencies on the issue.
‘‘Nothing is confirmed yet because we are still investigating.”
Questions were raised after Interpol confirmed that two passports — one belonging to Austrian Christian Kozel and the other to Italian Luigi Maraldi — were recorded in its Stolen and Lost Travel Documents (SLTD) database but used by two passengers who had boarded MH370.
Interpol is also conducting checks on all other passports used to board MH370.
At KLIA, two MAS passengers confirmed there had been no apparent effort to beef up security following the disappearance of MH370.
One passenger boarding a flight to Thailand, and who declined to be named, said: “Security is as per normal, no panic, nothing seems amiss.”
Jasbinder Singh Dhillon, a MAS passenger en route to New Delhi, India, said: “The security at KLIA was as any other day.
“There was no sign of heightened security measures.
“The immigration officers seemed relaxed and there was no increase in personnel either, which is surprising considering the magnitude of the incident.”
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