title: Border Security Agency
text: # Border Security Agency
  
  The Border Security Agency (BSA), also known as AKSEM (Malay: Agensi Kawalan SEmpadan Malaysia, Jawi: اڬيسي كاولن سمڤادن مليسيا) was a Malaysian government agency that guard the country’s entry and exit points from illegal activities such as smuggling, illegal migration and human trafficking.
  
  ## History
  
  Established in 2015, the agency manned by some 10,000 officials from the Malaysian Armed Forces, Royal Malaysia Police, General Operations Force and the Smuggling Prevention Unit (UPP).
  
  The Border Security Agency, which was tasked with protecting the borders of Malaysia, was officially dissolved in the latter part of 2022.
  
  Following its dissolution, the responsibility of safeguarding the borders has now been taken over by two other prominent security agencies in Malaysia - the Royal Malaysia Police and the Malaysian Armed Forces.
  
  