KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Commissioner of Police (CP), Datuk Hamza Taib has urged all parties particularly the media not to speculate on Inspector- General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar’s statement regarding claims of imminent attacks on Sabah by militant groups.
He said Khalid’s statement had been misintepreted and erroneously reported.
“Reporters had asked him for updates and the IGP’s reply was that the police were constantly receiving information from various sources and that they were prepared for any possibility.
“He did not mention that Sabah was about to be attacked,” he told a press conference after attending the monthly police gathering at the Sabah police contingent headquarters organised by the Special branch here yesterday.
Hamza when asked on propaganda that militant groups including Abu Sayyaf and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) were planning an incursion on Pulau Selingan (Sandakan), Pulau Langkayan (Beluran) and Resort Sukau (Kinabatangan) on Tuesday and Christmas Day, said the police received such information all the time but would not treat it lightly.
“Every information will be scrutinised though a special method to determine its authenticity,” he said.
Meanwhile, he said the ongoing ‘Op Gasak’ conducted by the Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) and ‘Op Cantas’ by the police have impacted positively in weeding out undesirable elements particularly at the water villages. — Bernama