Pahang ruler Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah has urged the federal government to strengthen border controls and improve refugee management to ensure that the country's security and sovereignty remain protected.Sultan Abdullah believes that the federal government should conduct a comprehensive assessment of whether the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) should continue operating in Malaysia, including the possibility of terminating its operations if its functions and effectiveness no longer serve the country's needs and interests.

Pahang ruler Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah has urged the federal government to strengthen border controls and improve refugee management to ensure that the country's security and sovereignty remain protected.Sultan Abdullah believes that the federal government should conduct a comprehensive assessment of whether the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) should continue operating in Malaysia, including the possibility of terminating its operations if its functions and effectiveness no longer serve the country's needs and interests.His Royal Highness said the growing presence of foreigners, including refugees whose presence is not properly managed, must be given serious attention as it could create various challenges involving security, social well-being, environmental cleanliness and public order."The presence of an international organisation should help ease the country's burden, rather than create circumstances that ultimately have to be borne by the government and local people."Humanitarian considerations should never be used as a reason to take the country's sovereignty lightly, just as protection should never be allowed to undermine the priority of national laws," the sultan said in a statement posted on the Pahang Sultanate's Facebook page today.Sultan Abdullah said Malaysia should remain a compassionate and humane nation, but must never compromise its sovereignty and security in the name of humanitarianism.