VISITS
....Director-general of ESSCOM, Datuk Mohammad Mentek (centre, without
fatigues) visits the guard post in Pandanan Island on Saturday.
SEMPORNA: Upgrading basic
facilities and infrastructure of surveillance posts of the security forces on
the east coast of Sabah is given priority in improving border security in the
country’s territorial waters.
Eastern Sabah Security Command
(ESSCOM) director-general Datuk Mohammad Mentek said it was crucial to ensure
soldiers and policemen at the surveillance posts were comfortable to enable
them to concentrate on their duties.
He said the basic facilities
at every post involved accommodations, water and electricity supplies and an
operation office.
“We will give serious
attention towards jointly boosting existing facilities at every post of the
security forces.
“This is in line with our
strategy to boost surveillance of the nation’s territorial waters on the east
coast of the state in the ESSCOM area,” he said, here, today.
Since Thursday, Mohammad and
ESSCOM officers had been visiting several posts manned by the army and General
Operations Force around the waters of Tawau, Semporna and Beluran.
According to Mohammad the
focus of ESSCOM during the visit was to determine the conditions of the
buildings and basic facilities at the posts.
He said the visit would also
boost the morale of the members of the security forces on duty.
Subsequently, he said ESSCOM
would prepare a working paper to be submitted to federal agencies for
allocations to upgrade the facilities at the posts.
Mohammad said the visit also
found that posts manned by both the army and police, had many advantages such
as sharing of assets, resources and manpower and boosting ties.
He said one such post was
the one on Pulau Mataking which was built under the Blue Ocean Strategy. (BI)
Kerajaan akan memberi tumpuan utama kepada enam perkara teras dalam pelaksanaan Kawasan Keselamatan Khas Pantai Timur Sabah (Esscom) bagi memastikan keamanan serta keselamatan negara dalam jangka masa pendek dan panjang.
ReplyDeleteMenteri Dalam Negeri, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein berkata, perkara paling utama yang akan diberi perhatian ialah memperkukuhkan risikan dan rangkaian risikan termasuk kerjasama dua hala dengan agensi risikan luar seperti Aseanapol dan Interpol.
ReplyDeletePerkara kedua yang diberi tumpuan meliputi aspek pengawasan pantai yang akan dilengkapi teknologi terkini melibatkan pengawasan bersama tiga agensi keselamatan iaitu Polis Marin, Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia (TLDM) dan Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritim Malaysia.
ReplyDeletePerkara ketiga dan keempat ialah bagaimana kita dapat menyekat apa sahaja kumpulan yang cuba menceroboh negara sama ada di peringkat perairan luar atau pun di sungai-sungai kita dan di darat
ReplyDeletePerkara seterusnya yang akan diberi tumpuan adalah pelaksanaan undang-undang yang telus dan juga penglibatan masyarakat sebagai mata serta telinga pihak keselamatan.
ReplyDelete"Kita akan melaksanakan undang-undang tanpa memilih bulu dan kalau kita tengok pegawai polis sendiri telah pun didakwa baru-baru ini kerana hal berhubung kait keselamatan. Sesiapa sahaja yang melanggar undang-undang negara akan dibawa ke muka pengadilan," katanya.
ReplyDeleteDalam pada itu, beliau berkata, komitmen kerajaan dalam aspek keselamatan dan kedaulatan negara amat jelas dan memberi mesej kepada dunia bahawa kerajaan akan melakukan apa sahaja bagi menjamin keselamatan negara.
ReplyDeletePenubuhan Kawasan Keselamatan Khas Pantai Timur Sabah (Esscom) adalah mengikut perancangan yang disasarkan iaitu bagi mempertingkatkan kawalan keselamatan di kawasan timur negeri Sabah.
ReplyDeleteTimbalan Menteri Pertahanan, Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri berkata, sebagai sebuah organisasi baharu, Esscom yang ditubuh sejak dua bulan lepas berada di landasan yang betul, malah fasa penubuhannya adalah cepat.
ReplyDeleteMereka yang dipertanggungjawab dalam Esscom diketuai Ketua Pengarahnya, Datuk Mohammad Mentek melaksanakan tugas yang diamanahkan dengan cekap sehingga dalam tempoh dua bulan sahaja organisasi itu dapat digerakkan,” katanya.
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