ESSCOM will prevent future terrorist incursions, says IGP

March 22, 2013

KUALA LUMPUR, Mar twenty-two The Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCOM), covering a seashore of 1,400 kilometres from Kudat to Tawau, is a short- as well as long-term solution to preventing militant threats, pronounced Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Ismail Omar.

He pronounced a strategy of deployment as well as a omnipresence of confidence forces in a area would help say confidence round-the-clock in Sabah.

ESSCOM will play a major purpose in maintaining peace in Sabah as well as it will monitor a seashore as well as acknowledge any questionable activities together with preventing any militant penetration in future, Ismail (picture) told a press discussion after shutting a Commissioners, Police Chiefs, Commandants Conference during a Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) college in Cheras here, today.

ESSCOM came about due to a penetration upon February 12 of armed Sulu militants from a southern Philippines, who had landed in stages in normal trade trade boats in Silabukan as well as Sungai Merah, tighten to Kampung Tanduo in Felda Sahabat 17, about 110 kilometres from Lahad Datu.

Since a penetration began, 63 militants have been killed together with one who was shot passed upon Mar 21 whilst 9 members of a Malaysian confidence forces were killed in combat whilst an additional died after his truck was involved in an accident.

ESSCOM will protect more than 1.4 million Sabahans via land as well as sea with a deployment of not reduction than five batalions from a armed forces as well as polices General Operations Force (GOF).

Its domicile will be based in Lahad Datu.

We (the police) hold a enemy (Sulu armed militants) have been now under vigour as their comrades have been arrested as well as have been being prosecuted in court.

The Sabah penetration was between a topics discussed ! during a discussion apart from PDRMs preparations for a coming 13th general election (GE), he said.

Ismail pronounced a confidence forces had improved their preparation for it were ready to facing any untowards incidents.

He suggested a people to apply oneself a law as well as not violate it.

Earlier, he received donations totalling RM354,782 for a Sabah penetration victims from a corporate sector namely from Bank Islam, Adabi Consumer Industries as well as a Polices Buddhists Association.

The donations will be distributed to Tawau Police Headquarters, Lahad Datu Police Station, Cenderawasih Police Station as well as Komtek Felda Sahabat sixteen Lahad Datu. Bernama


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