Border shootout: Patriot salutes GOF units for their bravery and sacrifice


PETALING JAYA: Persatuan Patriot Kebangsaan (Patriot) has commended the bravery and swift action taken by the VAT69 commandos and Senoi Praaq units of the General Operations Force (GOF) that foiled a smuggling attempt at the border in Perlis.

A GOF member was shot dead while his patrol partner was seriously injured after they were in a shootout with smugglers at the Malaysia-Thailand border on Tuesday (Nov 24).

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