Malaysia to boost maritime security with four helicopters, new mission ship and two patrol vessels

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 29 — The government remains committed to strengthening the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency’s (MMEA) air, sea and land asset capabilities to safeguard the country’s maritime borders.

Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said this strong support is crucial given that the agency shoulders the heavy responsibility of safeguarding nearly 600,000 square kilometres of the nation’s waters against intrusion and cross-border crime.

Among the assets the agency will acquire are four new AW189 helicopters, a Multi-Purpose Mission Ship and two additional Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs).

“We are allocating a reasonably sufficient budget to ensure that air, sea and even land assets in the form of radar and so on are managed, so that the MMEA knows the government stands firmly behind it in carrying out its major duties. That is the message I want to convey.

“If our air assets are ageing, that will certainly affect the MMEA’s ability to deliver or carry out its tasks,” he said at the Home Ministry’s (KDN) Monthly Assembly and Innovation Day celebration here today.

Also present were Home Ministry secretary-general Datuk Dr Awang Alik Jeman, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Mohd Khalid Ismail and MMEA director-general Maritime Admiral Datuk Mohd Rosli Abdullah.

Saifuddin Nasution said the government is committed to completing the construction of two more OPVs to strengthen the agency’s operations.

“Hundreds of millions have already been spent — the project cannot just be left abandoned halfway. The message I want to deliver this year is, first, that no one can question the government’s seriousness in helping the MMEA strengthen its asset capability,” he said.

Saifuddin Nasution also extended his condolences to the family of MMEA member Senior Maritime Officer (Technical) Mohd Roshaimi Mohd Ridzuan, 41, who died in a boat collision off Perlis on Tuesday.

“We pray that he is received as a martyr, because he died while defending the country’s security,” he said.

Mohd Roshaimi was killed, while three other personnel were injured after the boat they were in was believed to have struck a concrete structure in the waters off Kuala Sungai Padang near Kuala Perlis.

At the time, they were pursuing a boat suspected of carrying undocumented migrants. — Bernama

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布城，10月29日讯——政府将继续致力于加强马来西亚海事执法机构（MMEA）的空中、海上和陆地资产能力，以维护国家海上边界的安全。

内政部长拿督斯里赛夫丁·纳苏蒂安·伊斯梅尔表示，鉴于该机构肩负着保护近60万平方公里国家水域免受入侵和跨境犯罪的重任，这种强有力的支持至关重要。

该机构将购置的资产包括四架新的 AW189 直升机、一艘多用途任务舰和两艘额外的近海巡逻舰 (OPV)。

“我们正在拨出相当充足的预算，以确保空中、海上乃至陆地资产（例如雷达等）得到妥善管理，从而使海事执法局知道政府坚定支持其履行主要职责。这就是我想传达的信息。”

“如果我们的空中资产老化，那肯定会影响海事执法局履行或执行其任务的能力，”他今天在内政部（KDN）月度大会暨创新日庆祝活动上说。

出席者包括内政部秘书长拿督阿旺阿里克杰曼博士、警察总监丹斯里莫哈末哈立德伊斯梅尔和海事部总干事拿督莫哈末罗斯里阿卜杜拉。

赛夫丁·纳苏蒂安表示，政府致力于完成另外两艘近海巡逻舰的建设，以加强该机构的行动能力。

“已经投入了数亿资金——这个项目不能半途而废。我今年想要传达的信息是，首先，任何人都不能质疑政府帮助海事执法局提升资产能力的决心，”他说。

赛夫丁·纳苏蒂安也向马来西亚海事执法局成员、41岁的高级海事官员（技术）莫哈末·罗沙伊米·莫哈末·里兹万的家人表示慰问，他于周二在玻璃市附近的一起船只碰撞事故中丧生。

他说：“我们祈祷他能被尊为烈士，因为他是在捍卫国家安全时牺牲的。”

据信，莫哈末·罗沙伊米乘坐的船只在瓜拉玻璃市附近的瓜拉双溪巴当水域撞上混凝土结构后身亡，另有三名船员受伤。

当时，他们正在追捕一艘涉嫌载有非法移民的船只。——马新社

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