SHAH ALAM: Eastern Sabah Security Command’s (ESSCOM) main mission is to prevent another intrusion and ensure zero kidnapping for ransom (KFR), said its commander Deputy Commissioner Victor B Sanjos on September 23. It was for this reason ESSCOM has come with a new logo and flag as well as a […]
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: Deputy Defence Minister Adly Zahari today officiated the completion ceremony for two Nigerian Navy 38-meter patrol boats built by a local company KN Aluminium & Engineering Sdn Bhd together with Northern Shipyard Sdn Bhd at Langkawi island in Kedah. The pennant numbers for the two boats are P197 […]
SHAH ALAM: MMEA has issued a twenty-one-day tender for the supply and delivery of two fast interceptor crafts (FICs) for its Special Task and Rescue Team (STAR). The tender was published on August 5 and closes on August 26. The indicative price for the two FIC is RM5 million though […]
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: Back in 2016, the-then Prime Minister DS Najib Razak stood up the National Special Operations Force (NSOF) to act as the primary response unit for terrorist incidents. Two years later the new government then – led by Tun Mahathir Mohamad – disbanded NSOF. With the disbandment of NSOF, […]
SHAH ALAM: On September 4, last year, Malaysian Defence had exclusively reported that the Roketsan Karaok anti-tank guided weapon-medium range (ATGW-MR) was selected to meet the requirements of the Army for such weapon. The 18 Roketsan Karaok ATGW-MR system purchased will come with six missiles for each launcher. The package […]
SHAH ALAM: The Home Ministry on April 27 issued letters of award to four companies which had taken part in separate open tender competitions. As usual it did not name the companies nor value of the LOA. Two of the companies were awarded the LOA for the supply of black […]
SHAH ALAM: Just five months after his appointment, MMEA director-general Admiral (Maritime) Hamid Mohd Amin, will retire effective tomorrow. Hamid, who turned 60, tomorrow, was appointed as the sixth MMEA DG on November 6, last year. Malaysian Defence had speculated that he was given a two-year contract like the IGP […]
SHAH ALAM: The flight data and voice recorders of the MMEA AW139 helicopter which crashed off off Kuala Selangor on March 5, were recovered today (April 17) after 44 days of searching. The previous report on the search for the recorders – better known as black boxes in the media. […]
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