An army camp needed to house battalion to protect east coast of Sabah

Salute: Abdul Rahim (fifth from right) shaking hands with army officials at event.

KUDAT: There is a need for an army camp that can house at least a battalion of soldiers to be set up in the district as security threats in Sabah’s east coast are persistent.

Deputy defence minister Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri said since the Eastern Sabah Security Zone (Esszone) was gazetted following the setting up the Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) on April 1, 2013, there were lesser cross border crimes in the east coast.