Security threat to Sabah now spreads to its west coast

Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said that the security threat to Sabah has now spread to the west coast area and no longer confined to the eastern coast of the state.

"Previously, the threat was only in the east coast of Sabah, but security patrols in the east coast have now been tightened. The security challenge in Sabah now is not only confined to the east coast but has widened to the west coast too.

"Intelligence information reveals that there are commanders from a sultanate appointed in every state legislative assembly constituency in Sabah. This is a serious security matter. This is a matter of real threat to the country," he said.

Zahid said this at the opening of the Security and Public Order Seminar (Sekam) 2016 at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) in Kota Kinabalu today.

Also present were Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman - who is also the joint chairperson of the Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) - and deputy inspector-general of police Noor Rashid Ibrahim.

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- Bernama