SHAH ALAM: On Sunday, the Chief of Defence Force General Nizam Jaffar announced that the site for the RMN Regional Command Headquarters Four or Markas Wilayah Laut Empat (MAWILLA 4) will be at Muara Tebas in Kuching near the estuary of the Sarawak river. Nizam and RMN chief Admiral Zulhelmy […]
SHAH ALAM: It appears that the long-delayed RMN Regional Command Headquarters Four or Markas Wilayah Empat (Mawilla 4) in Sarawak will be built at Muara Tebas district. The district is located on the edge of the Sarawak river estuary into the South China Sea. Chief of Defence Forces General Nizam […]
SHAH ALAM: The US through it Indo-Pacific Command (US IndoPacom) is funding the expansion of the MMEA headquarters in Kuching, Sarawak, the Tun Abang Salahuddin Complex or Komtas, located at Muara Tebas. The complex is located some 30km – by road – north of Kuching. Komtas was officially opened in […]
SHAH ALAM: The Procurement division of the Home Ministry has issued two separate tenders for the procurement of machine guns for the Marine police and 9mm semi-automatic pistols for the Prisons Department. The tender for the eighty-five pintle mounted machine guns, complete with accessories was published on January 22 and […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in December 2022, it was reported that the 31st Infantry Brigade (31st IB) will be moving to Bintulu by the end of 2023. In May, this year, it was announced that the move will take place in December. That said the Army has yet to officially announce […]
SHAH ALAM: The Works Ministry on November 27 issued the Letter of Award for the construction of the Bintulu bare-bones airbase for the RMAF. The ministry however did not name the company awarded the LOA nor its cost. However, pictures from the ceremony revealed (see main picture, by zooming) that […]
SHAH ALAM: Some three years after it was announced, work has yet to start on the bare-bones RMAF base in Bintulu, Sarawak. It is the same with the site for the long-range radar which LOA was issued late last year. This was revealed when the newly appointed Defence Ministry secretary-general […]
SHAH ALAM: Two Nuri helicopters – M23-02 and M23-07 – stored at the Kuching airbase following their retirement in 2019/2020 will be used a training aid for students of Centre for Technology Excellence Sarawak Sdn Bhd or CENTEX. The technical and vocational training institute is under Yayasan Sarawak. The hand-over […]
SHAH ALAM: A soldier from 3 Royal Ranger Regiment (3 RRD) died several hours after he was shot early this morning in Sarawak. The Army said in a statement that an unknown party shot the soldier who several hours later without identifying the deceasedthe soldier. A Bernama report quoted Kapit […]
SHAH ALAM: Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin has identified the location of the new RMN base in Bintulu, Sarawak. He said the location was Samalaju without further explanation. Checks showed that Samalaju is an industrial township located some 60km north off Bintulu town. And it is not just any township, […]
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