New facilities for UTK to be completed by 2024, says Home Minister

KAJANG: The new facilities for the Special Action Unit (UTK) are scheduled to be completed in 2024, says Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin.

He said the UTK has been waiting for almost 40 years for these new facilities.

“The new facility will cover around 25 acres (10.9ha) and house multiple types of training rooms, armouries and garages.

"Around RM157mill has been allocated for this project and we hope it will be completed within the set time or even earlier,” he said.

Speaking at the ground-breaking for the project at the Fourth Battalion of the General Operations Force (GOF) camp in Semenyih on Monday (Jan 10), Hamzah said this is the first facility of its kind for the UTK.

“Previously, they worked with other units. This is the first that is exclusively for the UTK,” he said.

He also said Pertama Makmur Sdn Bhd will be the contractor on the project, which was awarded through open tender.

Hamzah added that other agencies under his ministry's purview will have projects allocated for them.

“We have already set three for the Immigration Department and four for the Prisons Department,” he said.