Published: Wednesday September 4, 2013 MYT 5:27:00 PM
Updated: Wednesday September 4, 2013 MYT 5:34:19 PM
Police swap information on gangs with foreign counterparts
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police are regularly in contact with their counterparts in other countries to obtain information on criminal activies, including the movements of secret society and gang members .
Bukit Aman CID deputy chief, Datuk Mazlan Mansor said the exchange of information and intelligence to curb crime was an ongoing effort.
"We frequently hold discussions with police in neighbouring countries to track down criminals who have fled to other countries.
"Similarly, on issues relating to firearms smuggling, militants and so on, we also cooperate with the police all over the world," he said at a news conference after launching the ISO/IEC 17025 certification and the handing-over of forensic vehicles at the Police College in Cheras on Wednesday.
On Thursday, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said Ops Cantas Khas which began two weeks ago had put pressure on secret society members to seek refuge in neighbouring countries.
Khalid said triad members fled after their leaders were caught and they were facing difficulties in running their operations as well as trying to remove their gang's tattoo from their bodies to avoid detection by police.
Meanwhile, Bukit Aman Special Task Force (Operations and Counter Terrorism) director, Datuk Mohamad Fuzi Haron said police were still looking for two members of Darul Islam Sabah who kidnapped two Malaysians in November last year.
"Through our intelligence, Mohd Amin Bacho and Jeknal Adil who are extremely dangerous, are now in the south of a neighbouring country. The manhunt for them is still on," he said.
On Ops Cantas, Mazlan said 4,045 individuals had been detained while 18 of them were being investigated under the Crime Prevention Act. - Bernama
