KOTA BAHARU, Aug 18 – Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) has denied it put up a barbed wire fence in some areas of the Malaysia-Thailand border in Kelantan especially in Rantau Panjang and Pasir Mas. 2 Division commander Major General Datuk Fadzil Mokhtar said about the barbed wire installed by Thai security agencies in several areas at the border because of certain reasons and it does not accept any instructions to take the same action.
“We are still carrying out border control tasks as usual and does not accept any instructions for installing barbed wire at the border,” he said to reporters after the Parade Commander Task Handover 8 Infantry Brigade Headquarters 8th Infantry Brigade at the base Chepa here on Monday.
At the ceremony, General Secretary of the ATM Headquarters Brigadier General Md Amin Zarondin receive service as commander of the new 8th Infantry Brigade, replacing Major-General Datuk Azmy Yahya who was promoted to Chief of the Special Operations in the Ministry of Defence.
Meanwhile, Fadzil also had comment on the allegations in the social networking site Facebook that traders in Rantau Panjang and Pasir Mas is now difficult to conduct the business activities in the area of tax-free after installing barbed wire at the border of the country.
In the meantime, he also expressed his thanks to all his duties as commander Azmy 8th Infantry Brigade especially in helping law enforcement agencies public perform rescue tasks during the extraordinary floods that hit Aceh in December last year. Zarondin said Azmy has brought Headquarters 8th Infantry Brigade to a higher level and it will be the benchmark for him in performing his duties as commander of the 8th Infantry Brigade recently.
