A total of 192 army officers and 3,552 personnel are on standby, along with various assets, for flood operations.
Speaking to reporters at Wisma Pertahanan on Friday (Nov 29), Army Chief General Tan Sri Muhammad Hafizuddeain Jantan said that, so far, 31 officers and 350 personnel have been deployed to Kedah, Kelantan, and Terengganu.
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Speaking to reporters at Wisma Pertahanan on Friday (Nov 29), Army Chief General Tan Sri Muhammad Hafizuddeain Jantan said that, so far, 31 officers and 350 personnel have been deployed to Kedah, Kelantan, and Terengganu.
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00:00Now we can see that there is heavy flooding in the East Coast.
00:07What are the ATMs and others that can help?
00:17As you all know, this is one of the operations carried out by the government for the past year.
00:25My name is Pak Limbatan Darat and I am the governor of Muni.
00:32For your information, this year we have appointed 192 officers and 3,552 members
00:46to prepare for the flood, along with various land mobility equipment such as trucks,
00:53three-ton, seven-ton, and also fighting boats and other rescue equipment
01:02to face the flood that we expect will hit the whole country
01:11by the end of this year and also by the beginning of next year.
01:16And as you all know, the government has put forward a principle,
01:24which is the first on-site.
01:26Before the beginning of October, we have issued an initiative directive
01:35to move all the information so that it is ready with the members and officers
01:44and make sure that the areas or hotspots that are expected to be flooded badly.
01:50And so far, we have organized 30 officers and 350 members in the ranks
01:58along with 17 one-ton trucks, 16 three-ton trucks, along with 15 boats
02:06in Kedah, Kelantan, and Tengganu that are badly affected.
02:10We have seen it in the media for the past few days.
02:14And to help other officers to rescue and move the members to a safe place.
02:22And as we all know, this rescue operation is a joint operation between various agencies
02:32and ATMs, or especially the army, is one of the agencies that is always ready
02:40to help the refugees as a refugee agency in the flood.
02:45So, are there any additional locations that will be sent?
02:53Because it is expected that this time the flood will be the worst in the country.
02:58If there is, will the ATMs add more?
03:02With a total of almost 4,000, that is our initial estimate.
03:08But from time to time, we will evaluate the situation.
03:13If the disaster that hit will be worse, then the army is always ready to add more members
03:25and equipment to help other authorities in rescuing the victims of floods across the country.
03:37So, whatever it takes, we are all time ready to help the country.
03:43If the increase of PPS is not enough, will the ATMs provide PPS to the people?
03:50Oh, the flood relief center.
03:54Okay, for the flood relief center, as we all know, it is under the jurisdiction of the government
04:00and also the responsibility of the community.
04:02As of now, I think the number of temporary refugees has been identified and I am ready.
04:10However, if it is necessary for the army to help provide, we will look for any camps
04:21near the affected areas to help.
04:26As of now, even in the large floods in 2014, there were no camps or military bases
04:36that we used as temporary refugees.