KUCHING: The Neighbourhood Voluntary Patrol Scheme (SRS) is an initiative to prevent human trafficking and migrant smuggling through regular patrolling activities.
The main purpose of establishing the SRS is to help the authorities curb criminal activities in the local community, in tandem with efforts to curb human trafficking and migrant smuggling.
Kapit District Information Officer Mohd Saufi Omar said the SRS could definitely help the authorities in combating the activity.
“Complaints can be made easily, just by making a call to 03-80008000, email to mapo_tip@moha.gov.my or on the website http://mapo.bernama.com,” he explained when delivering his welcome speech on the ‘Info On’ Program Wheels – MAPO’ at Rumah Nanga Rachman Nanga Semulong here.
Meanwhile, Kapit Division Resident Office Administrative Officer Rolyn Terrence Janting in his opening speech stressed that the public should not be easily influenced by offers of good wages to work abroad through social media and not be deceived by human trafficking syndicates that use the modus operandi.
Rolyn also shared about online scams that are rampant nowadays and asked people to be more cautious and not share personal information with strangers.
The SRS KRT Nanga Semulong team also conducted a patrol after the programme was concluded.
