SHAH ALAM: More Stuff for PDRM. As mentioned in the earlier 2019 budget post, almost no details are revealed about the procurement plans for the the military, MMEA and other agencies. The budget document for the police however reveal somewhat more of its procurement plans though it remain sparse compared to other agencies in the region.
Anyhow for 2019 Development Expenditure, the police is getting RM1.76 billion, a huge spike compared to the same figure of RM480.6 million in 2018.
It must be noted from the RM1.76 billion some RM923 million are meant for a slew of built, lease and transfer projects though the document is silent on the location, numbers or types involved which meant some RM1 billion are left for other projects.
An artist drawing of the new Subang police air base.
Some RM400 million of this are reserved for the refurbishment and upgrade of various police offices, barracks, quarters and other facilities leaving some RM600 million or so for assets procurement.
One the patrol/landing craft operated by marine police.
From this, RM12 million is allocated for the purchase motorboats, radios (RM88 million), firearms and ammunition (RM104.5 milion); vehicles (RM84.9 million); aircraft (RM86.8 million); technical support (RM66 million) and IT system (RM136 million). Apart from the IT system, the allocation for the rest are big spikes compared to 2018 figures.
Police personnel deployed to ESSCOM being inspected by then Markas Angkatan Bersama Commander Lt Jen Datuk Fadzil Mokhtar in early October, 2016. Markas ATB photo.
It is interesting to note that the police is only getting RM12 million for new motorboats which likely means the marine police will only operate vessels for in shore patrols only. With MMEA transferred to the Home Ministry one has to wonder that the marine police role will return to the one it had prior to the Lahad Datu incursion.
Humdinga amphibious vehicle (top) and Sealegs RIB on display at the 2016 Police Day ceremony. PDRM picture
The budget for firearms and ammo for 2019 is around RM39 million more than last year’s one so we can assume that more rifles are being bought mostly for the PGA and UTK units. New guns also meant more ammo are needed to gain competency or simply familiarity on them, hence the need for a bigger budget.
The Colt AR ordered for the police, the nearest one is the APC with UGL, middle is the ACC-M and the last one is the CM901.
As Malaysian Defence has reported previously that police Air Wing is getting more AW139, the RM86. 8 million allocation for aircraft in 2019, RM24 million more than 2018 seemed appropriate.
PDRM AW139 9M-PMB on display at LIMA 17
That said as it was originally claimed that the new helicopters will be leased to the police, the figure seemed to suggest that this was no longer the case. This is something that need to be confirmed, of course.
Deftech EOD and GSO vehicles.
The police remained the biggest agency in the Home Ministry with RM8.86 billion allocated for operational expenditure and 142,192 personnel on its payroll.
— Malaysian Defence
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Makes more sense now as dealing with terrorism (domestic or foreign) should be more of police's area of expertise that not necessarily require cannons or anti armour weapons.
Marhalim - 400 million, not 400.
More helicopters that was bought with dubious reasons (SAR? A police mission? With VIP leather interior?) is something we can do without.
Savings can be had if overlapping missions with other agencies can be eliminated.
Overall i agree we need to beef up the police to enhance security but we need to set up an independent police monitoring comission to be a check and balance for the police force.
What about Bomba and Civil Defence? Is it under the home ministry too?
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Bomba remains with Housing Ministry. I have to check where civil defence
I agree. Enough vip taxi jobs. It seems RMAF ,MMEA , police are nothing but vip rides. If really thats what they are then admit it. Close all the "for merdeka only" fast jets squadrons and just be a vip grab service. Be the next RNZAF.
Also Marhalim what should be the right sized navy for RMN? 50 hull or 30 hulls. Maybe time to decom all the FACs and transfer manpower to LCS. If UK can hv only 6 + 13 destroyers and frigates yet operate worldwide , do we need more than 6 + 6 LCS and NGOPV?
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Any malaysians interested? Better pay than joining ISIS in Syria LoL!
http://www.defenseworld.net/news/23622/Indians__Bangladeshis__Kenyans_Can_Join_UK_Armed_Forces#.W-IoYGnmg0N
The Mkm the Migs may not be the best operational jets around but sure aren't for merdeka flypast or Lima flypast only usage. For 20 years it had play a deterrent role to some of our bigger neighbours though one could argue the cost may not be as efficient.
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Additional recruitment of 1,350 pax per year only. Expect the Brits to recruit a lot of their traditional Gurkhas, Fijis, S.Africans or Indians.
@Shahrudin
The UK's global reach is also because it spends a lot on many overseas bases - nearest one is next door actually, fuel depot and three piers in Sembawang, Singapore. Not to mention Bahrain and Diego Garcia.
Funny you should bring up the RNZ Armed Forces. Do you know what their GDP is? US$ 206 billion... 2/3rds of ours. Their defence budget is US$ 1.7 billion, or 0.8% of GDP. (Compare to our GDP of US$ 314 billion and 1.2% military budget. Difference is 2.25x.)
From this they generate:
-an Army of 1 infantry brigade comprising 1 mechanised infantry battalion with 100 8x8 NZLAV IFVs, 2 foot infantry battalions and 1 artillery battalion
-a Navy of 2 Anzac-class frigates, 1 MRSS, 2 helicopter-capable OPVs, 4 patrol boats and 8 helicopters
-an Air Force of 6 P-3 MPA (soon to be 4 P-8 MPA), 5 C-130s, 4 B200s, 13 helicopters, and 11 trainers.
Obviously there are some differences e.g. we have 6x the population and our soldiers start at approx US$ 400 while theirs start at US$ 2,700.
But in temrs of major combat assets, my point is - if you multiply the NZ Armed Forces by 2.25x, that might be close to what we can sustainably achieve.
-Army of 2-3 mech infantry, 4-5 foot infantry and 2-3 artillery battalions
-Navy of 4-5 frigates, 2-3 MRSS, 13-14 patrol boats, 18 helicopters
-Air Force of 10 major aircraft (whether MPA or MRCA), 11 C-130s, 5 B200s, 29 helicopters, and 24 trainers.
Food for thought.
I think there is 17 keris patrol boats, 8 FAC gun, 8 FAC missile and 4 laksamana corvettes that can be retired already(assuming RMN just concentrating on combat operation) 0n paper 2 lekiu frigates, 2 kasturi corvettes and 2 subs plus 6 missiles armed heli makes a potent deterrent force. IF the NGPV CAN BE armed with exocets and MANPADS, it can be a secondary combatant force for RMN while awaiting for the Maharajalela to come by 2020
"Any malaysians interested? Better pay than joining ISIS in Syria LoL! http://www.defenseworld.net/news/23622/Indians__Bangladeshis__Kenyans_Can_Join_UK_Armed_Forces#.W-IoYGnmg0N"
From at least five years ago, Australia has had a similar offer. Differences were that applicants had to have military experience but were not limited to commonwealth countries, and Australian citizenship was expedited.
Some decades ago a Singaporean joined the RAAF after serving in the RSAF. Singapore wanted to make an example of him so they objected to his participation in a joint exercise when his name appeared on a list.
There was also an RSAF ground crewman who assumed a similar role in the RNZAF in the nineties. In both posts he worked on Skyhawks.