A member of the General Operations Force (GOF) was killed and another critically injured in a shootout with smugglers at the Malaysia-Thailand border in Perlis today, said Home Minister Hamzah Zainuddin.

He said Corporal Baharuddin Ramli died on the spot while Corporal Norihan a/l Tari was badly injured and has been sent to the Tuanku Fauziah Hospital in Kangar.

An initial investigation found that the two...