IGP: 'Shoot on sight' SOP must be studied first
BernamaPublished: Jul 16, 2014 8:32 AM | Updated: Jul 16, 2014 8:36 AM
The "shoot on sight" standard operating procedure (SOP) in the waters of the Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCom) needs to be studied in detail first before it can be implemented, said Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar.
He says not just criminals, but barter traders and villagers also use the waters.
The "shoot on sight" standard operating procedure (SOP) in the waters of the Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCom) needs to be studied in detail first before it can be implemented, said Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar (below).
"We will have to study first, any order or SOP we issue giving permission to shoot.
"This is because the waters are not only used by criminals but also by barter traders and local villagers," he told a press conference after attending a breaking-of-the fast function with police personnel at the Al Mujahiddin Mosque, Tabuan Jaya Police Housing Complex in Kuching yesterday.
He said this when asked to comment on the call by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to the security forces to submit a clearer standard operating procedure (SOP) on their request for the government to give them a 'shoot on sight' authority against intruding gunmen in Sabah waters.
Meanwhile, asked on the status of Marine Constable Zakia Aliep, 26, who was abducted by gunmen at a resort on Pulau Mabul on Saturday night, Khalid said police had information which could not be divulged yet.
Press further on whether any ransom demand was made, Khalid said:"I have already said we should not be discussing openly in the interest of the safety of the victim."
The ambush by foreign gunmen at the resort resulted in the death of marine police corporal Ab Rajah Jamuan, 32, and the abduction of constable Zakia Aleip.
- Bernama
"We will have to study first, any order or SOP we issue giving permission to shoot."This is because the waters are not only used by criminals but also by barter traders and local villagers," he told a press conference after attending a breaking-of-the fast function with police personnel at the Al Mujahiddin Mosque, Tabuan Jaya Police Housing Complex in Kuching yesterday.
He said this when asked to comment on the call by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to the security forces to submit a clearer standard operating procedure (SOP) on their request for the government to give them a 'shoot on sight' authority against intruding gunmen in Sabah waters.
Meanwhile, asked on the status of Marine Constable Zakia Aliep, 26, who was abducted by gunmen at a resort on Pulau Mabul on Saturday night, Khalid said police had information which could not be divulged yet.
Press further on whether any ransom demand was made, Khalid said:"I have already said we should not be discussing openly in the interest of the safety of the victim."
The ambush by foreign gunmen at the resort resulted in the death of marine police corporal Ab Rajah Jamuan, 32, and the abduction of constable Zakia Aleip.
- Bernama
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