PONTIANAK - The West Kalimantan Regional Police (Polda Kalbar) and the Malaysian Royal Police (PDRM), Consul General Sarawak Malaysia, discussed the threat of crime along the Indonesia-Malaysia border line for West Kalimantan and Sarawak Malaysia.

The commitment to cooperate in increasing border supervision was discussed at the gathering of the Malaysian Sarawak Police's Delegation Police at the West Kalimantan Police, in Pontianak, Saturday, February 11.

West Kalimantan Deputy Police Chief Brigadier General Asep Safrudin said cooperation between the West Kalimantan Police and the Sarawak PDRM needs to be maintained and improved considering the West Kalimantan and Sarawak areas are directly bordered.

According to him, there are several potential vulnerabilities in border areas, namely narcotics, illegal fishing, human trafficking, illegal PMI, terrorism and illegal logging.

"So that we can avoid various threats of vulnerability that can occur at the border together," he explained as quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, February 11.

He said the West Kalimantan Regional Police noted that during 2022 there were 53 cases that occurred at the border, including Fish, Animal and Plant Quarantine, Customs, Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI, narcotics and human trafficking.

"Because our territory borders each other directly, commitment and cooperation in border surveillance need to be improved," he said.

Meanwhile, Pesuruh Jaya Policy Kuching Sarawak by YDH CP Dato' Mohd Azman bin Ahmad Sapri also added that this visit to the relationship reflects the agreement and understanding between PDRM Kontijen Sarawak and Polri, especially the West Kalimantan Police, which has existed for a long time.

He also said that the relocation of the nation's capital from Jakarta to Kalimantan is being carried out by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia, where the capital city has a large enough capacity.

"It causes positive things for Indonesia and will certainly have a big impact or impact on Sarawak Bumi Kenyalang," he said.

He also conveyed that this visit should be more comprehensive to discuss issues in order to produce a clearer and more efficient decision.

Without a close cooperation and high understanding between PDRM, the Sarawak and Polda of West Kalimantan will not run perfectly.

He hopes that through good agreements and cooperation it will produce a more memorable networking in eradicating crime in the border area.

"I hope we can achieve an agreement in resolving all issues about this border area," he said.

During the meeting, the West Kalimantan Regional Police and PDRM Sarawak Malaysia also discussed the plan for a coordination meeting that had not been held for the past few years due to COVID-19 constraints.

It is known that the coordination meeting of law enforcement officers between the two countries was last held in 2017 at Mess Employee Kanan IPK Sarawak in Kuching, Malaysia.


The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)