Malaysian Airports increase security following attacks in Europe

Malaysian authorities plan to implement increased security at airports across Malaysia following recent terrorist events at various transport locations across Europe. Malaysian deputy transport minister Abdul Aziz Kaprawi said “increased security mechanisms” would be applied at airports such as Kuala Lumpur International and Sepang, as well as at connected rail transport hubs such as KL Sentral. The minister specifically cited attacks at Turkey’s Istanbul Ataturk and Belgium’s Brussels Airport in Zaventem as indicators of the need for increased security in Malaysia. The minister said that although the govt was “serious in tackling security threats” and was working on new cross-departmental mechanisms to improve internal cooperation, it was committed to avoiding increased delays or administration to operators. <br/>