Who will defend Malaysia?

Categories: Malaysia

Once again an army camp had been broken into yesterday. According to NST, Twenty-one guns and some 500 bullets were stolen. Police believed this to be an inside job. This is the third such case since year 2000.

In July 2000, 15 members of Al-Ma’unah, a deviationist group, staged an arms heist at the Territorial Army’s 304th battalion camp in Grik. They carted away a cache of 116 weapons and ammunition.

In February 2001, four masked men stormed the Guar Chempedak police station in Kedah, attacked and seriously wounded two policemen before leaving with two M-16 rifles.

It is sad that such incident has happened again. And worse - the thieves aren't even carrying heavy weapons. Just a few men can manage to steel armoury from our defence forces. If it is so easy to break into army camps, what will happen in times of war? Imagine, the enemy does not even need to send in a team of soldiers. Just pay or bribe a few locals and the job gets done! Can anything be easier?

I hope the highest authority will look into this incident and truly rectify this problem. I said truly because after the previous 2 incidents, things do not seem to change much. Those responsible should be disciplined or even sacked.

If our army base is so easily penetrated, who will defend Malaysia?