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.Lahad datu Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak today announced
the establishment of a Special Security Area in Sabah to
safeguard the sovereignty and security of the states east
coast.
He said the Sabah Special Security Area encompassed the
districts of Kudat, Tawau, Kunak, Sandakan and Lahad Datu.
This Special Security Area will have Lahad Datu as its
central
command and several temporary cabins will be placed there so
that it can begin functioning immediately, he told
newsconference after checking on and attending a briefing on
the
ongoing Ops Daulat operation against armed intruders, here.
In 1972, the government had set up the Rajang Area Security
Command (Rascom) in neighbouring Sarawak to thwart the
threat from communist terrorists in the state.
The Rascom area, covering Sibu, Kanowit, Oya, Dalat,
Bintagor,
Sarikei, Julau, Song and Kapit, was declared a special
security
area by the then prime minister, Tun Abdul Razak.
The prime minister said the proposal to establish the
Special
Security Area was agreed to by the Cabinet at its meeting
yesterday.
Najib said the move to have the Special Security Area was
made
to boost the confidence of the people in Sabah, that the
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government would go to any length to maintain peace and
safeguard the countrys sovereignty.
He also said that the police and military strength in Sabah
would be augmented by five more battalions to reinforce
security.
The breakdown of the five battalions would be determined
after discussions between the police and military, he added.
In principle, the five additional battalions will be stationed
in
the Special Security Area. This is to give an assurance to
the
people in eastern Sabah that their security and sovereignty
will
be defended even after the operation ceases, he said.
Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, Defence Minister
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Foreign Minister Datuk Anifah Aman,
Minister in the Prime Ministers Department Jamil KhirBaharom and
several other Cabinet ministers were also present
at the news conference.
Meanwhile, Najib also said Kuala Lumpur will not consider
any
request for a ceasefire so long as the armed intruders in
Sabah
do not lay down arms unconditionally.
He said Philippine President Benigno Aquino III had
contacted
him for Malaysias reaction to the call for a ceasefire by
Jamalul
Kiram III.
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