More PGA members to be deployed to Malaysia-Thailand border area if needed

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IPOH: The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) will deploy more General Operations Force (PGA) members to the Malaysia-Thailand border area if the situation necessitates it, following the discovery of 139 graves on the Malaysian side of the border at Wang Kelian, Perlis.

Internal Security and Public Order director, Datuk Muhammad Fuad Abu Zarim said security control in the area would also be boosted.

“At this moment, the number of PGA members stationed at the border is enough but if the situation demands it, we will increase their number.

“In fact, we will conduct more frequent patrols, and reorganise or review the security level along that border area to ensure optimum control.”

He said this at a news conference after the closing of the PGA Basic Course at the PGA North Brigade Headquarters parade grounds in Hulu Kinta, near here, yesterday.

Muhammad Fuad said so far, 300 PGA officers and members had been assigned to patrol and look after the border area under the operation, ‘Op Wawasan Khas JKDNKA 2015’ since May 11.

“We have also established good cooperation with the Thai enforcement agencies in carrying out the operation,” he said.

He also noted that to date, PDRM had about 12,000 PGA members nationwide and would be recruiting over 1,000 more from among the public.

Earlier, he handed over certificates to 54 senior
officers and 279 personnel of other ranks who completed the PGA Basic Course series 1/2015. The course started on March 1. — Bernama