{"id":4848,"date":"2022-01-13T22:18:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T14:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mymilitarytimes.com\/?p=4848"},"modified":"2022-01-13T22:26:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T14:26:42","slug":"national-task-force-to-be-disbanded-by-30-june-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymilitarytimes.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/13\/national-task-force-to-be-disbanded-by-30-june-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"National Task Force to be Disbanded by 30 June 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>PUTRAJAYA: The ad hoc National Task Force (NTF) will no longer be maintained after June 30 and its duties of protecting the country&#8217;s borders during the Covid-19 pandemic will be handed back to agencies under the Home Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin said the NTF was set up at the onset of the pandemic as the Ministry needed extra support to protect the safety of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3314475734161595\" data-ad-slot=\"7610079946\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to that, the Ministry\u2019s agencies such as the police and Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency were involved in border protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNow that the Covid-19 situation has improved, the task of (protecting) our borders against trans-border crime will be fully handled by authorities under my ministry again,\u201d he said on Thursday (Jan 13).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mymilitarytimes.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/04\/national-task-force-realises-total-defence-concept\/\"><strong>READ<\/strong>: National Task Force Realises Total Defence Concept<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mymilitarytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/130277436_141422771107161_1537836993749209016_n.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mymilitarytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/130277436_141422771107161_1537836993749209016_n.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Composition of National Task Force\" class=\"wp-image-3705 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mymilitarytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/130277436_141422771107161_1537836993749209016_n.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mymilitarytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/130277436_141422771107161_1537836993749209016_n.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mymilitarytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/130277436_141422771107161_1537836993749209016_n.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mymilitarytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/130277436_141422771107161_1537836993749209016_n.jpg?resize=177%2C118&amp;ssl=1 177w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mymilitarytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/130277436_141422771107161_1537836993749209016_n.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; 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