Got eyes: An Aksem officer demonstrating how tontos keep a lookout for the authorities.
BUKIT KAYU HITAM: For just RM50 per job, tontos are willing to “sell themselves and the nation” to the smuggling trade, a Kedah Malaysia Border Security Agency (Aksem) source said.
Many of these tontos are unemployed villagers living close to smuggling routes, he added.
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