CSI VEHICLES : Mohd Fuzi (left) and Mazlan giving their thumbs up during the function. — Bernama photo
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police are regularly in contact with their counterparts in other countries to obtain information on crime, including the movements of secret society members in the country fleeing to seek refuge.
Bukit Aman CID deputy chief, Datuk Mazlan Mansor said the exchange of information and intelligence to curb crime was an on-going effort.
“We frequently hold discussions with the police in neighbouring countries to track down criminals who have fled to other countries.
“Similarly, on issues relating to firearms smuggling, militants and so on, we also cooperated with the police all over the world,” he said at a news conference after launching the ISO/IEC 17025 certification and the handing-over of forensic vehicles at the Police College in Cheras, here, yesterday.
On Tuesday, Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said Ops Cantas Khas which began two weeks ago had put pressure on secret society members to seek refuge in neighbouring countries.
Khalid said triad members fled after their leaders were caught and they were facing difficulties in running their operations as well as trying to remove their gang’s tattoo from their bodies to avoid detection by police.
Meanwhile, Bukit Aman Special Task Force (Operations and Counter Terrorism) director, Datuk Mohamad Fuzi Haron who represented the inspector-general of police at the launching ceremony, said police were still looking for two members of Darul Islam Sabah who kidnapped two Malaysians in November last year.
“Through our intelligence, Mohd Amin Bacho and Jeknal Adil who are extremely dangerous, are now in the south of a neighbouring country. The manhunt for them is still on,” he said.
On Ops Cantas, Mazlan said as at yesterday morning, 4,045 individuals had been detained while 18 of them were being investigated under the Crime Prevention Act.
Police yesterday received 18 CSI vehicles complete with equipment for CSI investigations, with the cost totalling RM2.57 million.
At the ceremony, the Police Forensic Laboratory Management received the ISO/IEC 17025 certification presented by the Malaysia Department of Standards director-general, Fadilah Baharin. — Bernama