Police have set up a special task force to investigate the incidents of wild boar heads being dumped at the compounds of two mosques in Petaling Jaya early yesterday.

Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Wira Muhammad Sabtu Osman said the special task force was set up following a meeting yesterday and tasked to find whatever relevant information to solve the case.

"All departments (in the police force) including the Special Branch and Commercial Crime division have been asked to do the same.

"This case involves national security and peace, so it has to be tackled immediately. We are cooperating with Selangor police in resolving this case," he said at a seminar on prudent financial spending, in Kuala Lumpur, today.

In yesterday's incidents between 5am and 6am, two severed wild boar heads wrapped in plastic bags and a pail containing RM30 in RM1 denominations were dumped in the compounds of the Jumhuriyah Mosque in Taman Dato Harun and the Al-Imam Al-Tirmizi Mosque in Taman Seri Sentosa, Petaling Jaya.

Muhammad Sabtu said although no one had been hauled up, investigation was on to identify witnesses and the motive behind the desecration of the mosques.

He said such a despicable act must be stopped immediately to prevent it from happening in other places.

"We have laws in the country, so follow the laws. If anyone has information on the incidents, please tell us," he said.

Earlier, in his speech, Muhammad Sabtu said the financial supervisors at each police headquarters and station had been instructed to identify officers and staff under them with net income of less than 40 per cent.

He said in many instances, this happened when they had a lot of debts to pay.

"They need to be talked to for them to take the necessary measures to prevent the debts from having long-term adverse effects on them."

He said there must be continuous monitoring of the lifestyle of the police officers and staff with a serious debt problem to ensure they live within their means.

- Bernama