PUTRAJAYA: Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) enforcement personnel will be equipped with body-worn cameras in the field to ensure that there are no violations of standard operating procedures (SOP).
MMEA acting director-general Maritime Vice Admiral Datuk Saiful Lizan Ibrahim said the move is to make sure enforcement personnel carry out their duties with full integrity, especially during operations in the country's waters.
He said MMEA is actively implementing initiatives under its organisational anti-corruption plan and working towards certification under the MS ISO 37001 anti-bribery management system.
"For a start, body-worn cameras will be implemented for MMEA officers escorting Bank Simpanan Nasional funds to Pulau Tioman.
"Its implementation will be expanded after the government approves the procurement process," he said in a statement on Wednesday (July 24).
On Tuesday (July 23), Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail stressed the importance of integrity across all departments under the Home Ministry.
Saiful Lizan noted that MMEA is also using the Mobile Surveillance Unit, which functions as a mobile radar to detect suspicious activities in the country's waters, complementing the existing Malaysian Sea Surveillance System.
"MMEA has also been operating the Cospas-Sarsat system since 2015 through the Malaysia Mission Control Centre, which is capable of receiving emergency signals from various types of beacons," he said. – Bernama
