The Semporna district police will be recommending for the removal of “water villages” in the area to the Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCOM) to improve security.
According to Berita Harian, two of such villages are Simunul and Srijaya, near Semporna town, which was the scene where six police personnel were ambushed and killed by armed intruders on March 2.
Water villages are networks of wooden villages built on stilts which dots the coastal areas throughout Sabah, normally near urban areas.
Semporna district police chief Firdaus Francis Abdullah said that in the Semporna district alone, there are 21 islands which hosts such villages.
On Thursday, former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad had also recently recommended that water villages be removed from Sabah's landscape, on grounds that such area are barely policed.
The police will also recommend that “pump boats”, a type of water craft which can travel on shallow water, be banned because it is used for smuggling and could have been used to ferry the armed intruders.
Piracy
He added that the police is considering requests by locals to build a command post about 3 nautical miles from Semporna to monitor the entry of boats, ferries and ships headed for those villages.
Meanwhile, NST reports that the Lahad Datu area had long suffered from pirates from southern Philipines. Tawi-Tawi, is only an hour away by sea.
Assaffal Alian, a resident of Kampung Tanduo - the epicentre of the ongoing armed intrusion by forces loyal to Sulu province's Sultan Jamalul Kiram III – had complained there were many discreet landing points for illegals.
Assaffal is among those 2,800 people who have been evacuated from Kampung Tanduo and several surrounding villages after armed intruders landed in the area last month.
The evacuees are currently being housed in four centres – Fajar Harapan, Cenderawasih, Embara Budi and Gemala Puta - nearby and are not allowed to leave without permission.
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ReplyDeleteBREAKING NEWS- AL JAZEERA INTERVIEW WITH NUR MISUARI- EXPOSES MILF UMNO LINKS
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2013/03/201331421944766446.html
NUR MISUARI SAYS UMNO GOV’T SPONSORED MNLF WITH TRAINING & WEAPONS FOR 45 YEARS (WHICH THEY MAY TURN ON US BECAUSE MNLF CLAIMS BOTH SABAH & SARAWAK..)
ALSO SAYS UMNO GAVE MILF ASSISTANCE WITH TRAINING & WEAPONS
THANKS UMNO!
SO NOW WE KNOW WHERE SOME OF OUR OIL MONEY DISAPPEARED TO ….
ISN’T IT IRONIC! UMNO FINANCES TERRORISM WHICH IS NOW GOING TO BE AROUND SABAH FOR A WHILE.
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perkampungan air harus dinaiktarf agar lebih bersih dan selamat.
ReplyDeleteBenar, projek naik taraf harus diadakan.
DeletePerkampungan air yang dibuat secara haram harus di robohkan.
DeleteMenteri Besar Perlis Datuk Seri Dr Md Isa Sabu mengingatkan rakyat agar terus menjaga keamanan negara sebaik mungkin kerana mereka akan membayar harga yang tinggi untuk memulihkan keamanan itu jika dirobek.
ReplyDeleteKatanya perbuatan pengkhianat yang menggugat keamanan negara seperti di Sabah, bukan sahaja membantutkan kehidupan penduduk setempat tetapi juga menyebabkan kerajaan berbelanja besar untuk memulihkan keadaan.
ReplyDeleteKerja permulihan ahrus dibuat selepas penceroboh ini ditangkap. Apakah pampasan dari kerajaan?
DeleteJika ini yang berlaku, usaha membangunkan negara dan rakyat juga yang terjejas kerana sebahagian peruntukan diguna untuk memulihkan keamanan, katanya
ReplyDeleteIsu pencerobohan ini harus tamat agar rakyat teruskan kehidupan seperti biasa.
DeleteBeliau juga berkata negara akan terus aman dan harmoni di bawah pentadbiran kerajaan Barisan Nasional.
ReplyDeleteUsaha bersama kerajaan dan rakyat untuk menjamin kestabilan dan keamaan yang berterusan.
DeleteElakkan pencerobohan yang mengancam ketenterman.
DeleteMd Isa memberi contoh Kampung Kok Klang yang terletak di jauh pedalaman dengan kebanyakan penduduk bertutur bahasa Siam, kini menikmati pelbagai kemudahan serta menjadi satu daripada tiga kampung di Perlis mempunyai RTC.
ReplyDeleteSementara itu, Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Kebajikan Masyarakat Perlis, Mansor Jusoh berkata kampung berkenaan pernah dilawati Tun Abdul Razak Hussein ketika Allahyarham menjadi Timbalan Perdana Menteri pada 1967. Katanya Tun Razak memasuki kampung itu dengan berjalan kaki, sekali gus membuktikan keprihatinanya terhadap pembangunan kampung.
ReplyDeleteWalaupun peristiwa itu telah lama berlalu, orang lama di kampung ini masih mengingati lawatan berkenaan sebagai sejarah bermakna bagi kampung yang terletak di pinggir ladang tebu Chuping itu, kataMansor yang juga Anggota Dewan Undangan Negeri Chuping
ReplyDeletePengawalan dan keselamatan harus dipertingkatkan lagi si Semporna agar pencerobohan dapat diambil tidnakan yang wajar terlebih dahulu.
ReplyDeleteI recommend removing Mahathir from his landscape, because that area is also barely policed.
ReplyDeleteThe Semporna district police will be recommending for the removal of “water villages” in the area to the Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCOM) to improve security.
ReplyDeletesetuju!
According to Berita Harian, two of such villages are Simunul and Srijaya, near Semporna town, which was the scene where six police personnel were ambushed and killed by armed intruders on March 2.
ReplyDelete--> satu sebab kukuh mengapa penyingkiran 'water villagers' ini patut dilaksanakan secepat mungkin
On Thursday, former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad had also recently recommended that water villages be removed from Sabah's landscape, on grounds that such area are barely policed.
ReplyDelete--> idea inipun telah disokong oleh Tun sendiri
The police will also recommend that “pump boats”, a type of water craft which can travel on shallow water, be banned because it is used for smuggling and could have been used to ferry the armed intruders. --> sokong 100%!
ReplyDeletepenubuhan kawasan keselamatan khas Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCOM)di Sabah ekoran kes pencerobohan pengganas di Lahad Datu, adalah wajar dan tepat pada masanya memandangkan kini terdapat ancaman keselamatan yang ketara di perairan Sabah...
ReplyDeleteKeselamatan harus diutamakan.
ReplyDeleteKemasukan warga asing harus dipantau dan dikenal pasti.
ReplyDeleteAdakah water village ini dalam keadaan yang bahaya?
ReplyDeletePerkampungan air menyumbang pada pencemaran air.memang wajar dirobohkan. penduduk perlu akur.
ReplyDeleteRasanya kerajaan akan pastikan mereka akan diberi penempatan yang sepatutnya lepas ni.saya pasti ada juga di kalangan penduduk perkampungan air ni yang tiada dokumen diri yang sah.jadi, yang ini tidak perlu diberi penempatan la.
ReplyDeleteMemang wajar di robohkan jika hanta Pati yang tinggal di sana.
ReplyDeleteResidents of the many water villages off the Sabah coast should be relocated as they are exposed to threats from foreign terrorists.
ReplyDeleteFormer prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the haphazard water settlements would make it difficult for security forces to control and secure the areas.
ReplyDeleteThey have to be relocated. We have to find them land and have to distinguish between citizens, foreigners and those without identification certificates.
ReplyDeleteHe told reporters this after witnessing the presentation of checue for RM5 million by Petronas to Cancer Research Initiative Foundation (CARIF) at Petronas Twin Towers .
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ReplyDeleteSix policemen were killed in an ambush by Sulu terrorists from southern Philippines at a water village in Semporna, Sabah on March 2.
Five new police stations will be set up in several districts in Sabah immediately, said Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar.
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ReplyDeleteHe said the police stations would be built in Pulau Gaya, Kota Kinabalu; Pulau Bum-Bum and Pulau Mabul in Semporna and Tanjung Labian and Felda Sahabat in Lahad Datu.
He said the police stations were expected to begin operations on April 2.
ReplyDelete"In addition, the PDRM (Royal Malaysia Police) will look into the need to upgrade existing police stations," he said in a statement.
ReplyDeleteKhalid said initially, the police stations would operate from temporary cabins as the construction of permanent buildings would take time.
ReplyDelete"The PDRM had drawn up several specific plans to enhance the police presence in the Eastern Zone of Sabah in line with the establishment of the ESSCOM Special Security Area," he said.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, at a press conference in Semporna on Wednesday morning, said the Home Ministry had agreed to put up a new police station each on Pulau Bum Bum and Pulau Mabul.
ReplyDeleteHe said the two police stations would be operational as soon as possible to beef up the security situation in several 'hot areas' around Semporna.
ReplyDelete"I hope they can be operational as soon as possible. Otherwise, we will use temporary cabins to ensure that these stations can operate immediately.
ReplyDelete"They (police stations) are necessary because the sweeping and mopping up operations (to hunt the remnants of the Sulu terrorists) are still going on in Lahad Datu and Semporna," he said.
ReplyDelete"What we are doing is to ensure security for the people of Semporna.
ReplyDeleteWe not only guarantee safety to them, in fact by deploying more troops they will feel more confident and comfortable," he said.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, Hishammuddin confirmed that an ambush that killed six policemen in Kampung Simunul here on March 2 was linked to the Lahad Datu intrusion by Sulu terrorists.
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ReplyDelete"The deadly ambush was not an isolated act, but linked to the Sulu terrorists landing in Lahad Datu on Feb 12,"
He told reporters this matter after meeting residents of Kampung Senallang Lama, near here, the scene of a terrorist beaten to death by villagers.
ReplyDeleteIn the Kampung Simunul incident, a group of policemen were attacked as they entered the water village after checking on information on the presence of an armed group at 8pm.
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ReplyDeleteOn the arrests of 97 people suspected of either allegedly abetting or directly involved with the Sulu terrorists, Hishammuddin said they were still being investigated under new acts related to terrorism. "If action is not taken now, more people will be killed," she said.She added that Ops Daulat showed the Government's seriousness in maintaining peace and security.