Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has still to fulfil his pledge to compensate RM3,000 each to a Sarawak limit scouts.
KUCHING: Former Sarawak limit director Gatung Anak Nigak was full of happiness when he listened Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak acknowledgement which a supervision had allocated RM600,000 in approval of a services of limit scouts in fortifying a Sarawak-Indonesian limit up until a 1980s.
It meant which he as well as many of his peers as well as seniors, a little deceased, would embrace a princely sum of RM3,000 each.
But which pleasure has incited sour 4 months on.
Najibs proclamation in Ba Kelalan on April 14, dual days prior to a state election, was directed during courtship voters.
But a bid unsuccessful as well as Barisan Nasional (BN) mislaid a Ba Kelalan constituency to PKRs Baru Bian.
And with that, it appears, ended Najibs promise.
Now Gatung, 62, who works as a confidence ensure in a cargo company, as well as his peers wish to know what happen to a money. He is sanctified with seven grown-up young kids as well as some-more than 10 grandchildren,
I was happy when a budding minister announced which each limit director was to embrace RM3,000 in approval of our services as well as for those who have died, their family members might embrace a amount.
Now 4 months have gone, as well as still zero has come out of a proclamation you are still watchful for a durian runtoh as well as each limit director should embrace a little RM3,000.
Gatung assimilated a limit director in 1965 as well as stayed on until 1981 when his services was terminated.
He is among those who do not enjoy any pension.
He had taken partial ! in milit ary operations opposite a comrade terrorists as well as Tentera Nasional Kalimantan Utara (TNKU or North Kalim! antan Na tional Army) forces.
Forgotten heroes
Recalling an situation in Gumbang in 1968, he pronounced there was a combat between his platoon as well as a group of terrorists.
Three terrorists were killed, whilst nothing of a limit scouts suffered any casualty, Gatung said.
After assent had been achieved, a limit director battalions were abolished.
Some of a personnel were either engrossed in to a military force or had their services consummated without any pension.
Many of them have been neglected, forgotten as well as abandoned limit scouts are a most not asked of a confidence forces, pronounced an additional former limit director officer, ASP Wilfred Gomez Malong.
Speaking of a story of a Sarawak limit scouts, Gomez pronounced a corps was modelled after a famous Iban trackers as well as was in a frontline in a battles opposite a terrorists as well as TNKU.
He pronounced which dual battalions of a limit scouts of some-more than 1,000 group were formed during a Indonesian fight days, a single of which was stationed in a Rascom (Rajang Security Command) area as well as a alternative in Kuching.
According to Gomez, a limit scouts scored many major successes opposite a enemy, as well as have killed a most numbers of insurgents.
Backing up a scouts were a Police Field Force (now known as General Operations Force) as well as a Malaysian Rangers.
I received a trophy on interest of a Sarawak limit scouts for a most (number of insurgents) killed in a 1970s, pronounced Gomez.
Several limit scouts together with Gomez received aplomb medals. Gomez received a Pingat Gagah Berani.
Reminder to Najib
Unfortunately, a tales of aplomb were frequency listened in Putrajaya.
Yesterday, Gatung took his woes to a DAP, looking a benefit to remind Najib of his pledge.!
W e have not listened anything it is right away 4 months. So I have to approach Sarawak DAP for help, Gatung said, adding which a income was much needed.
State DAP sec! retary C hong Chieng Jen, who was present during a press conference, pronounced which he had written a letter to Najib enquiring about a guarantee of RM600,000.
The budding minister done a proclamation dual days prior to a state election. I consider a goal was clear. These were choosing goodies.
I titillate a supervision to fulfil a guarantee to a limit scouts. Dont wait for for a coming general choosing to have an additional promise, he said.
Chong, who is also a Kota Sentosa assemblyman, urged all limit director personnel who had not been paid to come out.
DAP is ready to assistance you, as well as you will send a accessible sign to a Prime Minsters Department to remind it to honour a promise, he said.
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