TUMPAT: Over 1,000 police personnel from 469 families in Kelantan have been affected by the floods, says Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay.
He said that all of them are currently placed in several General Operations Force (GOF) camps.
“When the floods hit, they (the police personnel) did not have time to save their belongings as they were involved in flood duties.
“The water level rose so abruptly that most of them could not save their belongings and were left with nothing,” he told reporters after surveying the Taman Sri Bayu housing estate, which houses 112 police officers and its rank-and-file members.
Ayob Khan said they will extend disaster emergency assistance to the affected personnel, Bernama reported.
Earlier, he distributed aid to 14 personnel at the Ketereh Police Station and quarters in Kota Baru that were inundated.
Meanwhile, Sjn Zani Irwan Zainuddin, 46, of the Ketereh police station, said he never expected the quarters would be flooded.
“It was raining heavily at that time and, suddenly water started rising to the knee level.
“My family and I then quickly moved our belongings to higher ground,” he said, adding that they’ve only been staying at the quarters for five months.
His colleague public officer Siti Salimah Mahamud, 40, said she and her six family members had to move to higher ground at the police station after the road leading to her house in Kampung Hutan Pasir, Ketereh, here was flooded.
“We stayed at the police station for four days with the other affected personnel due to the stagnant water around us and, besides, no vehicles could reach us,” she said.
