Malaysia

Armed forces always on standby, says chief

Gen Tan Sri Affendi Buang says deployment of armed forces personnel will be as usual

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 26 Oct 2020 6:40AM

Armed forces always on standby, says chief
Chief of Defence Force Gen Tan Sri Affendi Buang says the Malaysian Armed Forces is always on standby. – Bernama pic, October 26, 2020

KUALA LUMPUR – The Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) is always on standby even though the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has stated that there was no necessity for an emergency to be declared in the country.

Chief of Defence Force Gen Tan Sri Affendi Buang said the deployment of MAF personnel will go on as usual.

“The MAF is on standby.”

Al-Sultan Abdullah yesterday said there was no necessity for an emergency to be declared in the country.

Comptroller of the Royal Household of Istana Negara (National Palace), Datuk Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin said the decision was made after studying carefully the request presented by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and discussed with the Conference of Rulers, besides looking at the current situation in the country.

Earlier, the meeting with the Conference of Rulers took place for almost three hours at Istana Negara, here.

It was held to study and consider the proposals presented last Friday by Muhyiddin and a number of accompanying ministers to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong at Istana Abdulaziz in Kuantan. – Bernama, October 26, 2020

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