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KOTA KINABALU: Police have urged resort operators to incorporate security aspects when building their premises.

Bukit Aman police headquarters internal security and public order director Datuk Salleh Mat Rashid said the idea was similar to the safe city concept done for housing in urban areas.

Salleh said some resort operators had complained the presence of police or security forces in their premises would scare tourists away.

“But on the other hand, they would want security personnel to be present to keep (them) safe,”Salleh said in a press conference with Sabah police commissioner Datuk Hamza Taib and Esscom defence director Major General Dato’Abdul Halim Hj Jalal at the police headquarters here yesterday.

He said this in response to claims by the media that the resort operators on Pom Pom Island, in which a Taiwanese man was killed while his female companion was abducted, did not like the presence of security personnel in their vicinity, hence the security personnel were not given a vantage position to keep an eye on the resort.

As to whether the police would station personnel at the resort, Salleh said he would look into the matter. However, he admitted that the police force did not have enough manpower and would have to do so according to priority.

“Maybe we can put an officer or patrol unit there,”he suggested.

Nevertheless, the police have held several meetings with resort operators and would further engage them in identifying the problems and shortcomings in security.

Meanwhile, Hamza assured that there were security personnel in all the resorts in Sabah.

Echoing what Salleh said, Hamza pointed out that having security personnel in resorts was good for business.

“When they (resort operators) build chalets, they did not build according to our (security) needs, they built the chalets for their own needs, their own business.”

Hamza said the police had discussed with Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun on this matter.

“I think Masidi agrees that we engage the operators through Sabah Tourism (Board), to highlight the weakness, do and don’ts,” he said.

Hamza added that the murder-kidnap case on Pom Pom Island should be viewed as an isolated case.

“Don’t assume just because there were people murdered in Pom Pom that Sabah is not safe. Even (people) staying in urban areas still can be shot and killed. So don’t speculate,” he said.


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