Air Force to help combat forest crimes
Published on: Saturday, October 13, 2018
Sandakan: The Police Air Operations Force (PGU) in Sabah will work with the State Forestry Department (JPS) to combat forest related crimes soon. These include logging activities in protected forest areas and at steep areas, illegal logging, encroachment into forest reserves, Tangar tree bark theft by illegal immigrants in mangrove forest reserves, theft of Agarwood in forest reserves and poaching. Sabah Chief Forest Conservator Datuk Mashor Mohd Jaini said the department had a meeting with PGU Commander for Sabah, ACP Ahmad Lokman Abdul Hadi, about the matter on Oct 9, and have agreed to work together.
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"This is the first of such meeting held between the Forestry Department and the Air Force; we will have more collaborations in future," he said in a statement here on Friday (Oct 12).He said the Air Force will be helping to watch over and trace any wrongdoings using helicopters."Such collaborations are in line with Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal's vision to combat crime, including in the forests of Sabah," Mashor said.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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"Based on our experience, I am sure we will be able to do what is needed in Sabah as well," he said. A Memorandum of Understanding is expected to be signed for this purpose very soon.
