More Sabahans as senior cops

Tracy Patrick KOTA KINABALU: More Sabahans should be given higher and more senior posts in the police force.

Deputy Home Minister Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said by doing that, Sabahans would not be left behind when promotions were given to police officers from the peninsula but none to their local officers.

"Furthermore, right now, the police are doing recruitment drives all over the country, especially in Sabah and Sarawak. Therefore, I urge Sabahans to join the General Operations Force (GOF). We want to see more Sabahans, not only as troopers but also as senior officers.

Not because we want to encourage regionalism but because we want our officers to be comfortable serving in their respective states," he said during a press conference in Gaya Island, Thursday.

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Junaidi, who was on a working visit to the island, said he had directed State Police Commissioner Datuk Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman to list down any requirement needed to ensure the police operations here can be implemented effectively.

He promised that he would bring the matter to the attention of the Government and would also propose that the applications be approved.

Speaking on the performance of the police force in Sabah, Junaidi said Sabah's police had managed to record 52.5 per cent success in terms of investigating, arresting and bringing criminals to court.

"This is more than what the country had targeted which is 30 per cent success. So I would like to commend the police force here for a job well done. Cases, considered small cases, such as thefts and housebreaking, however, are still high.

"Cyber gambling is also a problem in Sabah, prompting the police, with the help of local authorities and SESB, to take drastic measures in the fight against this activity," he said.

Junaidi added that in cases where a premise was suspected to be running an illegal cyber gambling activity, the premises' electricity, water supply and Internet connection would be terminated to prevent them from reopening their business.

However, he said, it is vital that local authorities, which are responsible for issuing business licences, stop the vicious cycle of criminals resurrecting their businesses under different names.

"That is the only way we can stop them. I admit it is very difficult for us to do this.

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"These days, it's different. There is no physical evidence because everything is done on the Internet, with laptops.

"Even if the police had taken action against these people, without the local authorities doing the follow-ups by banning the same people from opening other businesses under different nominees, it would be extremely difficult to eradicate this problem," he said.

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