LUMUT - The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) wants the security forces protecting Sabah waters to be allowed to 'shoot on sight', any suspicious targets encroaching the country’s maritime borders.
Navy chief Admiral Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Jaafar in mooting this proposal said this was to prevent terrorists from the southern Philippines from terrorising the state.
Abdul Aziz said existing laws do not allow for security forces to 'shoot on sight', and this had prevented security forces, including the navy from to wiping out such attempts completely.
He said in the past his men had the perfect opportunity to do so but was forced to hold back.
"It is time the Attorney General revisit the matter to make it easier for the security management in the Sabah coast.
"Otherwise, they (the terrorists) will continue to evade arrests," he told reporters here today.
On Saturday night, marine policeman Corporal Abd Rajah Jamuan, 32, was killed in an exchange of fire with eight gunmen clad in black shirts and camouflage trousers at the Mabul Water Bungalows Resort on Pulau Mabul, off Semporna.
His colleague, Constable Zakiah Aleip, 26, remains missing and is feared captured by the suspects. -NST
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