KOTA KINABALU, Aug. 7 -- The Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) has seized 12 containers carrying frozen animal products worth an estimated RM3.42 million at Sepanggar Port.

The seizure was the result of an enforcement operation targeting false import declarations.

AKPS director-general Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said the seizure involved 348,000kg of frozen chicken and pork believed to have been brought into the country through declarations that did not match the cargo.

He said the integrated operation, dubbed Ops Ribat Sepanggar 1/2026, began on May 19 with the cooperation of the Royal Malaysian Customs Department, Sabah State Health Department, Department of Veterinary Services Sabah, and the port authorit...