Ghafir said the focus on local politics has diverted BSPP resources away from scouting for external threats. — File picPETALING JAYA, March 13 ― The “complete failure” by Malaysia’s military intelligence to pre-empt a Sulu group’s armed incursion into Sabah was to blame for the drawn out conflict in the east Malaysian state, former deputy army chief Lt-Gen (R) Datuk Abd Ghafir Abd Hamid said today.
Abd Ghafir, who is now a PKR member, blamed this on “political interference” in military intelligence operations.
He alleged that in the past decade, the Defence Staff Intelligence Division (BSPP) has been more focused on local politics than on gathering information on external threats.
“I stress here, there was a total and complete failure of intelligence. Our intelligence unit has not been functioning until now... our capability in terms of external foreign intelligence, our strength and assets have instead been used for political operations since 2000.
“When intelligence fails, we have a breach of our waters,” he told a press conference at PKR’s headquarters here.
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