RABIES: 394 SARAWAK MAF VETERANS RECRUITED AS IBET VOLUNTEERS
KUCHING, Jan 26 (Bernama) -- A total of 394 veterans of the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) in Sarawak have been recruited as volunteers for the Immune Belt Enforcement Team (IBET) to curb the spread of rabies at the entry points of the state, said Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas.
The State Disaster Management Committee (JBPN) chairman said that all the veterans have been mobilised to guard the national borders from Lundu to Ba'kelalan.
"They will be mobile and not stationed at the border posts. We have identified that rabies is brought from neighboring country through the border points.
"We do not kill animals that are found to be infected, but what we do is targeted removal of the dogs," he told reporters at the Heroes Mausoleum here today.
Earlier, Uggah witnessed the ceremony to enhance the final resting place of the late Major Micheal Riman Bugat, who died on Aug 7 last year at the age of 71.
-- BERNAMA
