Esscom to beef up assets to keep ESS Zone safe

TAWAU: The government has approved an allocation of about RM20mil to increase the tactical assets of the Eastern Sabah Security Command’s (Esscom) to strengthen security controls in the Eastern Sabah Security Zone (ESS Zone).

Esscom chief executive officer Dr Jamaluddin Mohd Ali said he hopes the acquisition of the assets, which included speedboats, could be realised by next year.