SHAH ALAM: The Home Ministry has awarded the Letter of Award of US$68.8 million (some RM304 million) to Turkish firm, Desan Shipyard for the procurement of the Multi-Purpose Mission Ship (MPMS) for the MMEA in Istanbul, Turkiye, on March 21. The Home Ministry in a release today stated that its […]
SHAH ALAM: The government today signed an MOU with a Turkish shipbuilder towards the procurement of a single multi-purpose mission ship for the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA). The agreement was signed between Home Ministry secretary-general Awang Alik and chairman of Desan Shipyard Cenk Ismail Kaptonoglu. The MOU is among […]
SHAH ALAM: UTK is getting two armoured Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV) for VVIP protection duties. This was revealed when the Procurement Division of the Home Ministry issued a twenty-one-day tender for the supply of the SUVs on Eperolehan. The tender was published on January 23 and closes on February 13. […]
SHAH ALAM: MMEA director-general Mohd Rosli Abdullah has been promoted to a full Admiral (maritime) when Home Minister Shaifuddin Nasution presented the additional two stars to Rosli at his office today. Rosli, was appointed as the seventh DG of MMEA on September 17, when he was a Rear Admiral (two […]
SHAH ALAM: PMX DS Anwar Ibrahim today announce an allocation of RM40.6 billion for the national security sector from the RM461 billion 2025 national budget. This is an increase of RM2 billion for the sector which includes Home and Defence ministries, from the 2024 budget of RM38.7 billion. Defence got […]
SHAH ALAM: Rear Admiral Mohd Rosli Abdullah has been appointed as the seventh director-general of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, effective from September 17, 2024. MMEA in a release today (September 18) stated that Rosli was the acting deputy-director general operations prior to his appointment as the top Coastie. As […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in April, Malaysian Defence wrote that the Army has bought fourty-five electric scramblers for units based in northern peninsula, and the borders of Sabah and Sarawak. The cost of the e-bikes – the Surron Light Bee X – was some RM1.473 million. Malaysian Defence also reported that […]
SHAH ALAM: Barely three days before the first anniversary of his appointment to the Defence Ministry as the secretary-general, DS Isham Ishak, 54, has been appointed to the same position at the Agriculture and Food Securities Ministry. He is replaced at Jalan Padang Tembak by Lokman Hakim Ali, 51, who […]
SHAH ALAM: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency is getting closer to getting an ex-US Coast Guard cutter as the Home Ministry secretary-general handed over the letter of acceptance for the ship today. Apart from handing over the LOA, the secretary-general Ruji Ubi also signed an MOU between Malaysia and the […]
SHAH ALAM: The Procurement Division of the Home Ministry has issued a tender for the supply and delivery of tactical gear for the police’s VAT 69 counter terrorism team. The winning bidder will supply the gear -from head to toe – within two years of getting the Letter of Award. […]
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