Kelantan police chief: Over 30 General Operations Force posts, police stations shut by floods; prank calls add to rescue challenges

PASIR MAS, Nov 30 — A total of 27 General Operations Force (GOF) posts in Tumpat and Rantau Panjang and 10 police stations have been closed due to floods in the past several days.

Kelantan police chief Datuk Mohd Yusoff Mamat said all GOF personnel had to seek shelter at several relief centres in Lubok Setol but noted that they would still continue monitoring the border and enforcing security controls.

“National border controls are still in good condition and we are using existing boats to patrol because when it rains, Sungai Golok will break its banks and cause the dividing line of the Malaysia-Thailand border disappear,” he told reporters in a special media conference at the disaster control operations centre at Repek police station here today.

Meanwhile, on the ban to cross the Malaysia-Thailand border using illegal ports that will take effect tomorrow, Mohd Yusoff said they will still enforce it as how it was determined even though the state has been hit by floods.