KUCHING: The fourth General Operations Force (GOF) battalion in Sarawak will focus on border control with their base set up at Temudok Camp in Sri Aman.
Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order Department (KDNKA) director CP Datuk Seri Hazani Ghazali said this in a press conference after the handing over of Sarawak Police Commissioner duties between Datuk Mancha Ata and Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri at the Sarawak Police Contingent Headquarters (IPK) yesterday (Apr 18).
“I have just scouted Sri Aman and the new battalion will be stationed there to control the border.
“We will look back in terms of assignments as some are on border control and some on other assignments.
“For example, this new battalion will focus on border security. Perhaps, Company C from the 10th Battalion in Sibu, which is currently at Sri Aman, will be reassigned to border control from Kapit, Belaga to Ba’kelalan.
“Company C will be relocated to the 10th Battalion and Temudok camp will be a new battalion,” he said.
Hazani disclosed that three new battalions will be added in the Borneo states – one in Sarawak and two in Sabah and they will be ready to be mobilised in June this year.
If it is necessary for additional (battalions), the department will conduct research from time to time so that it will not be stagnant, which is why the three additional battalions were suggested.
He added that they will also scout residential areas so that, new posts for the GOF and other security forces will be built there.
The department will be working closely with the army and other agencies in ensuring the country’s borders are impenetrable.
“There is no doubt that the new capital of Indonesia is being developed, we will be facing cross-border problems and of course, at this early stage, in terms of economic and social problems, the effects are overflowing to our side.
“Hence, we have to be ready and prepare ourselves for 2045, which is when the new Indonesian capital, Nusantara is fully complete.
“If we look at it, the island of Java begins to sink two or three inches every year and about 150 million people will be brought to Kalimantan. From there, a bit of social and economic impact will also happen on our side in Sabah and Sarawak,” he said.
