KOTA KINABALU: The reciprocal meetings between Malaysian Police and Indonesian Police have been effective in addressing cross-border crime, according to Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hamza Taib.
He attributed the effectiveness to the standard operating procedure (SOP) adopted, such as for the joint endeavour involving Malaysia’s general operations force (GOF) and marine police and Indonesian police.
“We also have the SOP on Malindo communication network using 7620.5kHz frequency. We created a SOP for information transmission involving the special branch, crime as well as narcotics branch.
“We also discuss new issues such as the joint patrol between the GOF and Indonesian police in Pulau Sebatik (Tawau),” he said at a joint press conference with East Kalimantan district police chief Drs Dicky Atotoy here yesterday, in conjunction with the 11th reciprocal meeting between the two sides.
Indonesia is represented by 32 delegates at the meeting which began yesterday until Nov 8.
Hamza said with the SOP in place, many cross border crimes including narcotics could be solved.
“Through our communication and transmission of information, Indonesians who flee to their country after committing
crimes in Malaysia could be extradited to face charges,” he cited, adding, crime cases in Sabah involving Indonesians has reduced.
He said only 6.38 per cent or 180 of the 1,088 crime cases in Sabah in 2012 were committed by Indonesians and only 8.3 per cent of 2,115 cases committed between January and October this year involved Indonesians.
On the joint patrol in Pulau Sebatik, Tawau, he said it would be implemented next year.
Meanwhile, Atotoy said the most positive outcome of the reciprocal meetings was the cooperation network which has established a sense of security for both countries. — Bernama