Floods: Army ready to mobilise 16,612 personnel, identifies 5,496 hotspots


KUANTAN: The Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) is ready to deploy 16,612 personnel, including 782 officers as soon as floods occur, especially at the 5,496 hotspots identified throughout the country, says Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein.

He said it involved officers and members of the force in all states with 4,301 of them acting as the first responder team to carry out rescue work and move victims to temporary relief centres (PPS) as soon as possible.

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