PUTRAJAYA: Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) director-general Admiral Datuk Mohd Zubil Mat Som, who will be going on mandatory retirement on March 19, has expressed his disappointment with the delay in the handing over of the Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV).
Met by reporters at a ceremony held in conjunction with his retirement at Dataran Pahlawan Negara here today , Mohd Zubil hopes that the first OPV can be handed over by this year at least so that it can be used for security operations in national waters.
"According to the initial agreement, two OPVs should have been handed over this year, namely OPV1 to be handed over in March but March is about to end, and there is no progress yet. OPV2 is still a question mark," he said. Last October, the 83m-long and 13.7m-wide OPV1, with the ability to conduct remote surveillance up to the Exclusive Economic Zone as well as areas beyond the reach of small vessels, was launched.
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