Good cooperation results in recovery of stolen motorcycles
KUCHING: Good cooperation between neighbouring villages on both sides of the Sarawak-Kalimantan border has helped in the recovery of two motorbikes that were stolen from Kampung Parang and Kampung Abang in upper Padawan.
Assistant Minister of Transportation Datuk Dr Jerip Susil, in stating this, said he was told by residents that the two motorbikes had been returned to the rightful owners from Kampung Parang and Kampung Abang.
He said the motorcycles were allegedly stolen by individuals from the other side of the border near Kampung Sapit, about 65 km from here.
He said the machines were r idden vi a the one - met re wide cement trek leading to Kampung Sapit, before they were brought through ‘ jalan tikus’ ( jungle trek) to the other side of the border.
“I was told that both stolen motorbikes were recovered upon the cooperation of an individual from the neighbouring village in Indonesia.
“With the help from Tentera Nasional Indonesia ( TNI ) personnel, the machines were seized from the suspects and then returned to the rightful owners,” he told The Borneo Post.
Dr Jerip, who is Mambong assemblyman, commended the good cooperation of the villagers on both sides of the border.
He also commended the TNI for their good work in helping to return the stolen properties to the rightful owners and the Malaysian authorities for their readiness to consider setting up a border security post at Kampung Sapit once the village becomes accessible by vehicles.
According to Kampung Sapit security and development commitee (JKKK) secretary Jessing Awos, the two motorbikes were stolen at Kampung Parang and Kampung Abang by Indonesian nationals from Kampung Sungkung in December.
He said the suspects were spotted riding the machines on the road of the neighbouring country by a fellow Indonesian from another village, Kampung Gun Jumang, near Kampung Sapit.
He said the informer from Kampung Gun Jumang, Indonesia, then told the youths in Kampung Sapit, where he has many friends and some relatives.
He said with the help of the TNI, the motorbikes were returned to the owners last week.
Dr Jerip hoped the villagers there would continue with the good cooperation and be more stringent in controlling the entry of people into their villages.
“The villagers themselves must continue to work together with their neighbours from the other side to make the border security part and parcel of their responsibility,” he said.