SIBU: The search for the two Sarawakian soldiers who went missing last month while on duty at Pulau Perak, Kedah will continue if there are new leads, said Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu.
He said that he had met the families of the two missing soldiers to convey that the search would continue once they had gathered new leads on them.
“The armed forces are not keeping quiet on the matter as we have our own standard operating procedure (SOP) when revealing information on the search,” said Mohamad Sabu at a press conference after presenting ‘Pingat Jasa Malaysia (PJM)’ to Sarawak Armed Forces and ‘Pingat Kedaulatan Negara Peringkat Markas Pemerintahan Medan Timur’ to 200 recipients here yesterday.
The families of the two missing soldiers had insisted that the authorities resume the operation as they believed that the two are still alive.
On July 29, the defence minister had said that the search for the two men was suspended on July 26 as there were no new leads.
Moses, 25, and Kpl David Edmund Rapi, 39, were reported missing while being stationed at Pulau Perak for ‘Op Pejarak’, which is conducted by the Royal Malaysian Navy. Their absence were noticed during a roll call on July 19.
The operations involve the placement of army personnel on two islands, one in Perak and another in Kedah.
Located at the westernmost part of Malaysian territory, Pulau Perak is a small rocky outcrop with a diameter of 200m and steep cliffs of more than 100m.
