KOTA KINABALU: Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi yesterday said the ministry and Sabah government’s main focus was on enforcement of all the security elements that had been agreed upon for the Eastern Sabah Security Zone (ESSZone).
He said the security elements included nine measures that were announced by Chief Minister and State Security Committee chairman Datuk Seri Musa Aman and five additional measures announced in Lahad Datu on Wednesday.
“The federal cabinet views seriously the recent (kidnapping) incident that occurred in Pulau Baik, Lahad Datu.
“Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has instructed me and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim to assist the Sabah chief minister, the Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCom) and the security forces in Sabah to tighten security measures in the ESSZone to prevent it from being infiltrated.”
Ahmad Zahid said this after a meeting with Musa at the chief minister’s official residence in Sri Gaya, here, where they also discussed the security issue and the kidnapping incidents.
Also participating in the discussion were Shahidan, Sabah Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun, National Security Council secretary Datuk Mohamed Tajudeen Wahab, Sabah police commissioner Datuk Hamza Taib and ESSCom director-general Mohammad Mentek.
Ahmad Zahid said in implementing and enforcing the security measures, his ministry and the state government would apply the Police Act 1967, Public Order (Preservation) Act 1958 (Revised 1983) and Preservation of Public Security Ordinance 1962. — Bernama