‘Prioritise repair, upgrading of Miri police quarters’
MIRI: The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) has called on the federal government to prioritise the repair and upgrading of dilapidated police quarters here.
Its president Datuk Dr Adnan Mat said Putrajaya needs to seriously look into the welfare and comfort of police personnel here.
“Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in October last year had approved an allocation amounting to RM50 million to repair quarters.
“Priority should also be given to police quarters here in Miri, considering that their buildings are already in dilapidated condition,” he told reporters here yesterday.
Adnan, who earlier paid a courtesy call on Miri deputy police chief Supt Mohd Sabri Zainol at the district police headquarters, also called on Putrajaya to increase the number of civil servants especially police, soldiers, teachers and healthcare personnel.
Meanwhile, Mohd Sabri said the police quarters here are in dire need of repair.
He said Miri police headquarters had received an allocation of RM500,000 to carry out repair works on the quarters last year but the amount was insufficient.
“With the allocation, we managed to repair only 17 quarters. There are about 30 more that are in need of urgent repair,” he added.
He also said it was timely for the district police headquarters to request for additional personnel in view of Miri’s status as a city and its growing population.
“For example, Lutong police station has been recording a high number of crime cases of late, but we do not have enough personnel there.
“We hope that Cuepacs could help us bring forward this issue to the relevant party,” he said.
Also present during the courtesy call was Cuepacs deputy president Aminuddin Awang.