PUTRAJAYA - The Home Ministry today revoked the operating licence of the security firm that employed the guard suspected of killing a bank officer in Subang Jaya on Wednesday evening.
Deputy Secretary-General (Security) Datuk Alwi Ibrahim said the decision was made after the ministry had found the company had breached regulations on the handling of firearms.
Based on early investigations, he said the company was found to have violated several operations and management-related conditions set under the Private Agencies act 1971.
The firm was also found to have not conducted proper security screening on its security guards and did not obtain carry and use licenses for a number of armed guards.
Offering his condolences to the family of mother of two Norazita Abu Talib who was shot in the face while she had opened the vault of the bank in Subang USJ1, Alwi said the ministry was pursuing the matter vigorously and vowed to take swift action.
The ministry was in the midst of intensifying its monitoring and enforcement efforts on companies that offered security services, including the usage of forearms among the private security agencies.
“We are also conducting a massive auditing exercise on the licensed security firms to ensure the companies complied to terms set by the ministry,” he told a press conference this evening.
He added that 90 percent of inspections on 751 registered companies had been completed.
A family member comforts Norazita's eldest daughter Nurnisa Nabila Irwan, 12, while waiting at Serdang Hospital. NSTP pix by Azmaidi Abidin
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