They say Sabah, where threats are ever present, needs more security forces to be stationed there. FMTNews MA63
January 29, 2020 1:49 PM
Zainal said the extent of security in Sabah over the last 56 years, since the formation of Malaysia, can be seen by the way they had positioned the country’s military strength. After the recent kidnapping of five Indonesian fishermen near the Tambisan, Lahad Datu, waters by a group of armed men linked to the Abu Sayaff group, the Indonesian government criticised Malaysia’s defence capabilities.
Zainal said Putrajaya should have taken up Sabah Chief Minister Mohd Shafie Apdal’s advice to relocate the Lok Kawi army brigade to Sabah’s east coast. Zainal believed there was no need to lay direct blame on Putrajaya for the shortcomings, but anyone could judge for themselves that Sabah still faced foreign threats from abductions and the fact that there are thousands of illegal immigrants in the state.‘Military funding low’Universiti Malaysia Sabah historian Bilcher Bala said the federal government wanted to fulfil its obligations but did not have the resources to do so at present.
Bilcher blamed the 1MDB scandal as one of the reasons why the federal government was now facing financial difficulties and said the money lost could have been put to better use, such as improving national defence. Bilcher noted most of the federal spending is too concentrated on states in Peninsular Malaysia, including for defence.
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