Pengaman wants Esscom to work closely with Sabah cops - The Rakyat Post

http://ift.tt/1woxCEY KUALA LUMPUR, July 14: Yayasan Pengaman Malaysia (Pengaman) has expressed their sadness over the death of Corporal Ab Rajah Jamuan, 32, and the abduction of Constable Zakia Aleip, 26, last Saturday during an attack by masked gunmen on Pulau Mabul. In a statement released today, Pengaman said it seemed that the attackers specifically targeted marine police officers. “This attack shows that there is a need to increase the level of security by the Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom),” according to Pengaman chairman Tan Sri Norian Mai. The former Inspector-General of Police (IGP) also expressed his hope that Esscom and the Sabah police would be on guard to ensure that there were no repeat of such attacks, adding that a repeat would hurt police morale. Norian pointed out that it was Pengaman’s view that Esscom should also work closely with the Philippine authorities to tackle this issue. He said this close cooperation should be in the areas of intelligence gathering as well as enforcement. On Monday, Ab Rajah was killed following a shootout with a group of armed men at the Smart Water Bungalow Resort in Mabul Island, off Semporna, in Sabah. This, when the Semporna Marine Police team received reports of a kidnapping bid by telephone, but suddenly the line went dead after shots were fired. In responding to the report, the police were attacked at the resort by at least eight men wearing black shirts and pants with military fatigues. After a skirmish that lasted several minutes, the police team regrouped and found two men missing; Ab Rajah who was later found dead, while Zakia was missing along with an M16 rifle. Ab Rajah was laid to rest today with full police honours, with his casket draped in the Jalur Gemilang flag. IGP Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman and Ab Rajah’s fellow colleagues were present to pay their last respects to a man whom they described as a “hero”. Read more: http://ift.tt/1woxCEY



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