TAWAU: The Armed Forces will place a battalion of 650 soldiers under the Eastern Sabah Security Command to prepare for threats against the country once a military camp in Felda Sahabat, Lahad Datu, is completed.
Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said as of now, 351 personnel and 22 officers of the battalion were temporarily placed at the Kukusan army camp in Tawau.
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