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The objective of airport security will be to safeguard the passengers, crew, ground personnel, the general public and the airport infrastructure against unlawful acts as per ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices laid down in Annexure-17 to the Chicago Convention.

Certain items are prohibited (banned) or restricted (subject to certain conditions) for import and/or export to Malaysia. These are goods of social, health, environment, wild life and security concerns. There is no complete and exhaustive list of all the items, but some of them are listed below:

Prohibited Items

 • Narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (NOTE: death penalty for drug trafficking offences in Malaysia)
 • Pornographic and obscene material
 • Counterfeit and pirated goods and goods infringing any of the legally enforceable intellectual property rights
 • Antiquities
 • Satellite equipments (such as satellite phone) that operate on high radio bandwidths because of their possible interference with the communication networks of security agencies.
 • Chemicals mentioned in Schedule 1 to the Chemical Weapons Convention of U.N. 1993.
 • Wild life products such as human skeleton, specified sea-shells, beef, tallow, fat/oil of animal origin, exotic birds except a few specified ones, wild animals, their parts and products, specified live birds and animals.

Restricted Items

 • Firearms and ammunition
 • Live birds and animals including pets
 • Plants and their produce e.g. fruits, seeds
 • Endangered species of plants and animals, whether live or dead.
 • Any goods for commercial purpose: for profit, gain or commercial usage.
 • Radio transmitters not approved for normal usage
 • Gold and Silver, other than ornaments (for import only)
 • Currency in excess of prescribed limits
 • Telephone and telephony equipments of restricted frequencies
 • Vintage products, replicas of antiques or weapons

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