Former Sabah decorated cop tells stories of insurgents, pirates and old Sabah in new book
KOTA KINABALU, Sept 16 — Retired police officer Datuk Clement Jaikul has literally taken a bullet for the country. Many times in fact.
In the book, he tells of the logistical and communication difficulties during the time, such as a two-day journey to reach the scene of a crime in Sugut River, traveling through crocodile infested rivers, nearly shooting his colleague by accident while inspection a new Smith and Wesson revolver, meeting Jacque Cousteau and even his experience with the supernatural.
It was here that he was shot for the first time. Armed with a revolver and taking over behind a coconut tree, the bullet pierced his right thigh and he was taken to the hospital. The suspect who shot him was arrested and Jaikul was later conferred the Ahli Darjah Kinabalu state award for his effort. In all of these exploits, Jaikul and Shanmugam agree said that as policemen, they were trained to do a job, and fear, or any other emotion, never came into play when carrying out their duties.By the same rationale, Jaikul says he “had no emotions” on September 16, 1963 when on duty during the proclamation of the formation of Malaysia in Sandakan, a fairly low key affair compared to the state capital.
Jaikul was a local liaison to the Cobbold Commission in 1962, who were trying to determine whether Sabahans wanted to be part of the Malaysian Federation. He said that all the English-educated policemen in the district at the time were invited to a dialogue and asked for their views. The consensus was then in favour of Malaysia, in fear of being overpowered by the Peninsula powers which was then presented as a memorandum.
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