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KUALA LUMPUR: The dexterity, agility and efficiency of the Orang Asli in forest knowledge make the community the ideal choice to be recruited into the police as a member of the General Operations Force (GOF) (Senoi Praaq).
The team was founded by the head of the Orang Asli department, Richard Noone, in May 1956 with a force of 10 Orang Asli with the aim of eliminating the communist threat in the community in the jungle.
At present, the unit, which depends on the GOF, Department of Internal Security and Public Order, still serves to maintain national peace in the face of enemy threats, especially in the forest, and is involved in search and rescue missions in the forest.
After being created for more than 60 years, Senoi Praaq refocused on the search mission for an Irish-French teenager, Nora Anne Quoirin, who went missing in Negeri Sembilan in August last year.
The unit was mobilized to track and detect the teenager in addition to being deployed to track poachers who damaged the country’s flora and fauna in October last year.
Senoi Praaq’s team was trained in combat skills and rapid attack tactics that made the unit legendary for its expertise in detecting and hunting communist terrorists deep in the jungle on the Malaysian-Thai border.
In addition, they are very adept at identifying trails in the forest and adept at detecting enemy booby traps.
The matter was recognized by Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador when Senoi Praaq had an excellent and good reputation and was feared by smugglers on the country’s borders because they were trustworthy and had great integrity in the line of duty.
He said this at a special press conference after a Senoi Praaq member was suspected of being shot by smugglers while conducting an intelligence exercise on the Malaysian-Thai border in Padang Besar, Perlis.
Yesterday it was reported that a PGA (Senoi Praaq) member who was on duty at the border was killed in a shootout with a group of smugglers while another was seriously injured.
The murdered member was Corporal Baharuddin Ramli, 54, of the Semelai tribe, while his colleague, Corporal Norihan a / l Tari, was seriously injured and is being treated at Tuanku Fauziah Hospital in Kangar.-Called
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