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13 September 2011Putrajaya, Malaysia

Theme:

REINFORCING NATIONAL DEFENCE & SECURITY:

A REVISIT

Malaysian Institute o Deence and Security

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Foreword ............................................................................................................. 5

Executive Summary ......................................................................................... 7

Chapter 1

Plenary session 1Accelerating Maritime Security and DeenceDevelopment Through Blue Ocean Strategy ............................. 18

Chapter 2

Opening AddressReinorcing National Deence & Security:

A Revisit .................................................................................................... 30

Chapter 3

The Launching o MiDAS Blue Ocean Strategy

Centre (MBOSC) ............................................................................................... 40

Chapter 4

Keynote AddressThe Future o National Deence and Security:Blue Ocean Strategy ............................................................................ 44

Chapter 5

Plenary Session 2

Reinorcing National Deence and Security: A RevisitThrough Blue Ocean Strategy .......................................................... 50

Chapter 6

Plenary Session 3Harnessing Natural Resources or EmergencyResponses ................................................................................................ 70

Chapter 7

Closing AddressMiDAS Conerence 2011 ..................................................................... 86

Chapter 8

Photo Gallery .................................................................................................. 92

This report summarizes the proceeding o the conerence as interpreted by the assignedrapporteurs and editor appointed by the Malaysian Institute o Deence and Security (MiDAS).Participants neither reviewed nor approved this report.

This conerence adheres to a variation o the Chatham House Rule. Accordingly, beyond thepaper presenters cited, no other attributions have been included in this conerence report.

Contents


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Foreword

Foreword

The Malaysian Institute o Deence and Security (MiDAS) is pleased to

present the summary o proceedings or the inaugural MiDAS Conerence

2011. The Conerence, held at the Marriott Hotel and Spa, Putrajaya,

Malaysia on 13 September 2011, had gathered over 300 participants,

which included the military, security and enorcement agency ocials,

policy makers, local renowned scholars, researchers and major deence

industry players, to address and discuss deence and security issues that

concerns Malaysia.

Among high prole participants were Deputy Minister o Home Aairs,

Deputy Minister o Rural and Regional Development, Deputy Minister

o Deence, Chie Secretary to the Government o Malaysia, Director

General o Public Service Department, Secretary General o Rural and

Regional Development Ministry, Deputy Secretary-General o Home

Aairs Ministry, Chie o the Malaysian Armed Forces, Inspector General

o Police, Malaysian Armed Forces Chies o Service, Director-Generals o

security agencies in Malaysia and ormer Malaysian Armed Forces Chie

and Chies o Service. They shared their perspectives on issues discussed

and recommended a wide range o practical solutions.

The Conerence is very signicant to Malaysia, reecting her strong

commitment to national deence and security through synergised

corporation and collaboration among national deence, security and

enorcement agencies with the spirit o 1Malaysia, or the benet o

its citizen. In this regard, the conerence reected Malaysias strong

commitment to provide an avenue or constructive engagements among

the agencies concerned and enhanced inter-agencies relationship.

In essence, the MiDAS Conerence 2011 acted as a platorm in taking

security cooperation among deence, security and enorcement agencies

to the next level and provided an inormal and unocial channel or

the exchange o opinions and perspectives which helps improve inter-

agencies cooperation.

With the theme, Reinorcing National Deence and Security: A

Revisit seen as most timely and relevant, it is evident that Malaysia is


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Foreword

transorming with the inception o the National Blue Ocean Strategy

Initiatives. The MiDAS Conerence 2011 has helped the deence, security

and enorcement agencies to rene our stance towards addressing the

national deence and security challenges and led to better understandingon how every national agencies concerned should work together and

break out o their silos, to achieve the aim o ensuring peace and stability

to the nation.

Dato Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

Chairman

(l-r): The Hon

Datuk Wira Abu

Seman Yusop

Deputy Minister

o Home Aairs,

The Hon Datuk

Dr. Hj Abdul Lati

Ahmad Deputy

Deence Minister,

The Hon Dato Seri

Dr. Ahmad Zahid

Hamidi Deence

Minister, Dato SriDr. Hj Ismail Hj

Ahmad Sec Gen

Ministry o Deence,

Gen Tan Sri Zulkieli

Mohd Zin Chie o

Deence Force


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Executive Summary

The MiDAS Conerence 2011

held at the Mariott Hotel and

Spa, Putrajaya, Malaysia on 13

September 2011, drew useul

lessons on national deence and

security issues, through the sharing

o knowledge perspectives and

discussions among its participants.

The theme Reinorcing National

Deence and Security: A Revisit was

extremely relevant and timely as

Malaysia is on a transormation

plan, utilizing the Blue Ocean

Strategy (BOS) as one o the means

to enhance security or the benet

o its citizen.

The Conerence, aimed at harnessing and bringing added values to the

existing collaboration among all agencies related on deence and security

issues in Malaysia, was the rst conerence organised by the Malaysian

Institute o Deence and Security (MiDAS) at the national level, to discuss

on deence and security issues.

The conerence started with the rst plenary session that discussed the

topic Accelerating National Security and Development through Blue Ocean

Strategy moderated by the Secretary-General o the Ministry o Deence,

Dato Sri Dr Hj Ismail Hj Ahmad and speakers which included Gen Datuk

Hj Zulkii Hj Zainal Abidin (Chie o the Army), Admiral (Maritime) Datuk

Mohd Amdan Kurish (Director General o Malaysian Maritime Enorcement

Agency (MMEA)) and Dato Ibrahim Muhammad (Secretary-General o the

Ministry o Rural and Regional Development (KKLW)) who discussed the

topic rom their organizations perspectives.

The rst speaker, Gen Datuk Hj Zulkii, considered the orum as an

opportunity to share experiences and ideas on matters concerning

Executive Summary

Maj Gen Dato Dr.

William Stevenson

Executive Director


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security and development o Malaysia at the time when the world is

acing numerous challenges. He stated that security and development

is mutually dependant as in hand-in-glove because there can never

be security without development and vice versa. He emphasised thatthrough the implementation o KESBAN (Keselamatan dan Pembangunan)

and the legacy o the Briggs Plan, the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) had

pioneered the BOS.

He stated that rom a militarys perspective, the BOS is pre-eminent

in its own ways and is quite similar to KESBAN since both concepts were

aimed towards accelerating the overall output o the nation through

innovative ideas, norms, and practices. He added that while ocusing

on the MAFs primary role in protecting the countrys sovereignty, it hasalways played an active role in national development. This secondary

role oten went unnoticed and only rose to prominence throughout the

participation in the National Blue Ocean Strategy (NBOS) programme

launched last year. He said, the MAFs involvement and success o the

current NBOS was due to the close collaboration, breaking o silos,

more interpersonal discussions, willingness to extend a helping hand or

complimenting each other, as well as other ground breaking initiatives at

the national level.

Meanwhile, Datuk Mohd Amdan in his presentation, examined what

had been done in enhancing maritime security and deence issues as well

as the plans on the oundation o BOS. Although there were ew successul

BOS related projects embarked to enhance the maritime security and

deence, nevertheless, eorts in maritime security and deence were

uncoordinated. He suggested a coordinated and holistic concept in

guiding uture plan, sources, allocation and integration that will mutually

enhance Malaysias maritime security and deence, based on the BOS

business model.

The nal speaker, Dato Ibrahim presented the views rom the Ministry

o Rural and Regional Developments (KKLW) perspectives in line with the

NBOS. The National Key Result Area (NKRA) or rural basic inrastructure

began as part o the Governments Transormation Programme (GTP)

in providing the best public service acilities to Malaysians o all races,

religions and backgrounds beore the NBOS collaboration. He emphasised

that the impact o NBOS to national security and development had

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elevated the level o condence and support o the people to the

government. With the transormation programme in place, Malaysians are

able to enjoy the benets o basic inrastructure, access to education and

health services, thus improving their social well being and reducing socialillnesses, especially those in the rural areas. It had raised the standards o

living o rural people through job creations and business opportunities,

improving their income level and quality o lie.

The Prime Minister, the Honourable Dato Sri Mohd Najib Tun Hj Abdul

Razak ociated the conerence and pointed that the MiDAS Conerence

2011 was a great opportunity or experts in the eld o deence, security

and enorcement in coming together to share ideas and exchange

perspectives on pressing issues o the nation. He added that globalisationhad given Malaysia a new set o rather complex security challenges, which

are distinct and dierent rom those that we aced in the previous eras.

Today, war between nations are no longer seen as the greatest threat

to any region. Instead, countries aced a number o asymmetric non-

traditional security challenges and issues like terrorism, human tracking,

drug smuggling, nuclear prolieration and cyber security threats that

cannot be resolved by the structures o the past. He mentioned that he

is pleased to see this conerence uniting and bringing together ocials,

policy makers, industry players, academicians and researchers to discuss

Executive Summary

Prime Minister, the

Hon Dato Sri Mohd

Najib Tun Hj Abdul

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issues on common challenges aced by the nation as a oundation or

uture collaboration.

He emphasized on the Governments Transormation Programme (GTP)

and the New Economic Model (NEM) to propel Malaysia towards achieving

a developed nation status by 2020. In addition, the implementation o

the BOS concepts will help improve the standards o living, particularly

or Malaysias rural population. In cutting down crime rates in our urban

areas, he is delighted to see the security and enorcement agencies, the

Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF), the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP) and the

Prisons Department, working together to deliver this ambitious national

agenda. He saw the tremendous benet that the nation can derive rom

the cooperation between the agencies. Ending his speech, the Prime

Minister thanked Proessor Dr. W. Chan Kim, Chair Proessor o INSEAD or

his contribution towards the NBOS projects and Tan Sri Sidek Hassan, Chie

Secretary to the Government o Malaysia, or giving his utmost support

or the execution o the NBOS initiatives, beore launching the MiDAS Blue

Ocean Strategy Centre (MBOSC).

The conerence continued with the Keynote Address by Proessor Dr. W.

Chan Kim, Chair Proessor o INSEAD, INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute

(IBOSI) and was moderated by Tan Sri Sidek Hassan, Chie Secretary to the

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Prime Minister, the

Hon Dato Sri Mohd

Najib Tun Hj Abdul

Razak launched

MiDAS Blue Ocean

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Government o Malaysia. In his address, Proessor Kim enlightened the

participants with BOS undamentals and the transormation required by

nations in order to be a developed nation utilising its concepts.

In the second plenary session, Gen Tan Sri Zulkieli Mohd Zin (Chie

o Deence Force), Tan Sri Hj Ismail Hj Omar (Inspector General o Police)

and Datuk Mohamed Thajudeen Abdul Wahab (Secretary o the National

Security Council (MKN)) discussed the topic Implementation o HANRUH

(Total Deence): Way Forward and was moderated by Tan Sri Abu Bakar Hj

Abdullah (Director General o the Public Service Department (JPA)).

The rst speaker, Gen Tan Sri Zulkieli mentioned that the shit

occurring in global geostrategic environment, especially ater the end

o the Cold War and post 9/11 tragedy, have brought about the advent

o traditional and non-traditional threats. The afiction o both orm

o threats have blurred the concept o national security, where the lines

separating deence and internal security have become increasingly

ambiguous. This state o aair has removed any exclusivity within the

domain o deence and internal security, where a more comprehensive

response or whole o government approach would be deemed necessary

to address this environment. The prevailing circumstances resulted in the

ormalisation o the Total Deence Concept or Pertahanan Menyeluruh

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Prime Minister,

the Hon Dato Sri

Mohd Najib Tun Hj

Abdul Razak, the

Hon Dato Seri Dr.

Zahid Hamidi withhonourable invitees

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(HANRUH) and elaborated that the MAF had ormulated its strategies in

realising the HANRUH concept.

Among others, the strategy called or the ollowing actions: First, to

develop the MAF to be a balanced and credible orce; second, to instilcondence in the public to support the MAF and third, to implement all

action plans systematically and proactively in conjunction with policies

and to analyse public opinion on national deence. He added that the

MAF, in undertaking its responsibilities, was able to achieve signicant

results in implementing HANRUH, as stipulated in its strategies by

consolidating the eects o various platorms, namely the Malaysian

Armed Forces Strategic Development Plan (4D MAF), the Hearts And

Minds Program and the NBOS.The second speaker, Tan Sri Hj Ismail mentioned that being a small

country, with a small population base, limited natural resources and a

multi-racial, multi religious society, Malaysia has made hersel vulnerable,

not only to threats such as a military attack but also to exploitation o

our economic, social, political and physiological weaknesses by those

who may wish to do us harm. To ensure that these threats be conronted

adequately, the government had introduced the concept o Total

Deence which involved not only the MAF, Royal Malaysian Police (RMP)

and other enorcement agencies, but to include the participation o the

entire nation. The concept provided a ramework or comprehensive and

integrated response in dealing with all kinds o threats and challenges, be

it a security threat or national crisis.

Total Deence will bring together all relevant government agencies,

private sectors, organizations and Malaysians in a coordinated eort to

deal eectively with these threats and challenges. He also touched on the

national resilience, which is a set o rules out o sel resilient, togetherness

and amiliar spirit. It consisted the skills and strengths o a nation in

acing challenges and threats. The success o Malaysia in implementing

Total Deence only depends on economy, science, inormation, and

communication technology development but on how we build a society

that is morally, spiritually and mentally strong and healthy. Despite many

accomplishments, the social progress o our society was still lagging. He

emphasized that all Malaysians must take responsibility or the ailing

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values and declining social standards prevalent today.

The last speaker, Dato Mohamad Tajuddin began his presentation by

elaborating the meaning o national security. National security, according

to him, is a prerequisite to political stability, essential or providing aconducive environment or economic growth and prosperity. National

security can be dened as a situation where the necessary measures

are in place to preserve, maintain and ensure Malaysias existence is ree

rom all internal and external threats. He elaborated that national security

consisted three main elements: national integration, territorial integrity

and national sovereignty. He emphasised that unity and racial harmony

among the citizens are crucial and necessary to guarantee security

stability in the country. According to him, territorial integrity is importantwhere the physical security o the country at both the state and ederal

levels are saeguarded to ensure the nations border are secured at all

times. Finally, on national sovereignty, he explained that it is the ability to

deend Malaysias national interests and to gain respect and recognition as

a responsible member o the international community.

In the third plenary session Dato Abdul Rahim Mohd Radzi, (Deputy

Secretary General (Security), Ministry o Home Aairs) moderated the

session. Three speakers discussed the topic on Harnessing National

Resources or Emergency Responses. The rst speaker, Gen Tan Sri Dato

Sri Rozali Daud (Chie o Air Force) provided a background on disasters

and emergencies scenarios around the world. According to him, natural

disasters such as oods, environmental accidents and services disruptions

can happen to our community at any time. He also emphasised that

Malaysia is not spared rom such scenarios. He added that we should strive

to enhance our existing crisis management, as well as our emergency

response mechanisms.

He added that in order to ensure a comprehensive approach in

emergency management, there must be an eective arrangement

and close coordination o government activities which require the

involvement and cooperation o all parties, including the NGOs, private

sectors and individual volunteers. At the national level, an eective

ramework or emergency management requires a high level o

collaboration and coordination that crosses all levels o government and

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non-government stakeholders. These arrangements are to ensure that

key policy decisions or priorities in preparedness or and response to

any crisis or major emergencies are established at the highest level o

the government. Second, proessional and technical advisors are takeninto account in drating key policy decisions and later conveyed on a

timely basis to all concern parties. Third, eective coordination between

and within agencies should be achieved. He concluded that harnessing

national resources during an emergency response is important to

protect our national interests. Naturally viable measures and excellent

coordination must rst be in place.

The second speaker Adm Tan Sri Dato Sri Hj Abdul Aziz Jaaar (Chie

o the Navy) stated that the topic discussed would be able to proposemeasures to enhance our present system and mechanisms in responding

to a broad spectrum o emergencies. Disaster, as dened in the MKN

Directive No. 20, is an incident that occurs in a sudden manner and

complex in nature which resulted in the loss o lives, damage to properties

or the environment, as well as aecting daily activities o the local

community. The directive also dened non-disastrous incidents under

its purview. Non-disastrous incidents are incidents that involves a small

number o victims and the eect are only to the victims involved and

have no possibility o spreading. Non-disastrous incidents may include

vehicle accidents, small res, outbreaks or accidents in lakes or rivers.

Incidents that are o higher magnitudes than non-disastrous incidents

are considered as a disaster. However, emergency response should not be

segregated between non-disastrous or disastrous. He went on to discuss

the emergency response rom the Navys perspectives which included the

attributes such as readiness, mobility and reach, versatility, poised and

persistence, lit capability and leverage. He also discussed the challenges

aced by the Navy in conronting emergency responses. He concluded

that the present mechanisms and arrangements o harnessing national

resources towards emergency responses were enough to handle the

magnitude o disasters normally aced in Malaysia.

The third speaker Dato Hj Abdul Halim Abdul Hamid (Director-General,

Jabatan Pertahanan Awam Malaysia (JPAM)), discussed the topic by giving

a brie background on the establishment o the Civil Deence Department

o Malaysia (JPAM). He elaborated on JPAMs roles and unctions, which

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are to ormulate appropriate policies on civil deence purposes, managing

and maintaining the civil deence orce through support services and

adequate logistics, training and educating the public about the civil

deence knowledge, organising the types o training or civil deenceorce, providing emergency services throughout the country and

perorming rescue operations and supervising disaster victims across the

country.

He added that JPAMs roles and unctions in supporting the emergency

responses within the BOS projects had included additional 65 new district

oces or civil deence. It had placed the minimum number o permanent

ocers at the head oce and relocated them at all districts. From there,

JPAM recruited volunteers to help in oce operations. With this move,JPAM can recruit more volunteers at the district level so they can provide

assistance during any emergencies. The current presence o the civil

deence today can be elt all over the country because o the readiness o

its personnel in being at the scene as early as possible. This is part o the

preparedness in HANRUH concept. JPAM also recommended the actions

or eective emergency responses, which are the precise advanced

planning with database and comprehensive research undertaken with the

ability to mobilise sucient resources quickly, supported by good logistics

management, good local coordination at site via Standard Operation

Procedures (SOP) and guidelines.

He uther explained that JPAM is determined in exploring new

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dimensions o bilateral, multilateral, local and international operations

in upgrading and developing new resources or capacity development.

He concluded that JPAM, in support o BOS projects and part o the

emergency responses, are actively stationing more than 1,200 volunteermembers in 50 hotspots as Police Volunteer Reserves (PVR), to ght

street crimes through the NKRA initiative. He believed that the HANRUH

implementation must be in place to ensure every public and private

sectors, NGOs and individual are involved and trained, to contribute in

deending the sovereignty o this country. The implementation will be a

step towards creating Malaysia with a spirit o patriotism and nationalism,

sel belonging and unity, bonded by a multi racial population.

At the end o the Conerence, the Minister o Deence, Dato SeriDr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, expressed his satisaction on the active

participation at this inaugural National Deence and Security Conerence.

He also expressed his gratitude and congratulated MiDAS and the

organising committee or the successul organising the Conerence.

He added that as a ollow up to this conerence, the Ministry o Deence

(MinDe) needs to establish labs, to discuss in detail security issues

pertaining cyber, maritime, border, aerospace, ood and emergency

response. He emphasised that the discussions concluded at the

security lab sessions, will be submitted to MKN and be proposed to the

government as part o the security policy enhancement.

In conclusion, he hoped that the participants had beneted rom

the inormation and lessons learned by various agencies regarding

issues on HANRUH and emergency responses. In essence, he called or

the conerence to act as a platorm in promoting cooperation among

government agencies and hoped that such conerences in the uture

will provide avenues or inormal and unocial channel in exchanging

opinions and perspectives, and rened everyones thinking, thus making

our nation a more stable and progressive nation.

Maj Gen Dato Dr. William Stevenson

Executive Director

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Chapter 1Plenary Session 1

Accelerating Maritime Security and Deence

Development Through

Blue Ocean Strategy

MODERATOR

Dato Sri Hj Ismail Hj Ahmad

Secretary General

Ministry o Deence, Malaysia

SPEAKERS

Gen Datuk Hj Zulkifi Hj Zainal Abidin

Chie o Army

Malaysian Armed Forces

Admiral (Maritime) Datuk Mohd Amdan Kurish

Director General

Malaysian Maritime Enorcement Agency (MMEA)

Dato Ibrahim Muhammad

Secretary General

Ministry o Rural and Regional Development (KKLW)


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Plenary Session 1

Accelerating Maritime Security

and Deence Development

Through Blue Ocean Strategy

The session started o with the introduction o speakers and began

with the outlining o the objectives o the National Blue Ocean Strategy

(NBOS) which are reducing crime, rehabilitating prison inmates in army

camps, providing household assistance, ensuring rural water supply and

optimizing vacant Armed Forces land or agriculture. The moderator

stressed that the report had shown a sturdy start o the Malaysian

NBOS where crime rates were reduced to the highest percentage since

Malaysias Independence more than 50 years ago. He also mentionedthat the ght against corruption, raising standard o living or low income

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Chapter 1

household, improving rural inrastructure and urban public transport

are among the agendas o the NBOS Programme. The Governments

Transormation Programme (GTP), which is driven by the National Key

Result Areas (NKRA) in addressing the immediate concern o the people,has proven a ast and eective outcome, winning over colleagues

rom a panel o international experts. The Prime Minister himsel had

embraced the Blue Ocean Strategy (BOS) as a tool to transorm Malaysia

into a new product. In essence, national security and development can

be accelerated through the BOS. and ended his address by inviting the

speakers to began discussion on the challenges in implementing the

strategy.

The rst speaker, Gen Datuk Hj Zulkii Hj Zainal Abidin, consideredthe orum as an opportunity to share experiences and ideas on matters

concerning security and the development o our country at a time when

the world is acing numerous challenges. He stated that security and

development is mutually dependant as in hand-in-glove because there

can neither be security without development and vice versa. This concept

was pioneered by the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) and its sister security

agencies during our ght against the communist terrorists by establishing

security web that thwarted subversions, lawlessness and terrorism

throughout the country. The government was able to bring development

to remote areas through the implementation o KESBAN (Keselamatan

dan Pembangunan). As a result, the country remained as one o the ew in

the world to successully deeated the communist insurgency.

He added that the MAF pioneered the BOS through the legacy o the

Briggs Plan and the implementation concept o KESBAN. From the

military perspective, the BOS is pre-eminent in its own ways and is quite

similar to KESBAN, since both concepts were aimed towards accelerating

the overall output o the nation through innovative ideas, norms and

practices. While ocusing on the MAFs primary role in protecting the

countrys sovereignty, it has always played an active role in the national

development. This secondary role oten went unnoticed and only rose to

prominence through the participation in the NBOS programme launched

last year.

Gen Datuk Zulkii also elaborated on the challenges o the modern

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o a nation in todays world. The various orms o security threats and

challenges conronting the individual nation are said to transcend rom a

wide spectrum o sources, ranging rom non-traditional or transnational

issues, to the important elements o statehood, which ocused on thedynamics o social, political, and economic norms and practices. He

said that the MAFs involvements and successes at current NBOS were

mainly due to the close collaboration, breaking o silos, more inter

personal discussion and the willingness to extend a helping hand or

complementing each other, as well as other ground breaking initiatives

at the national level. He stressed that Ministries, organisations and

establishments today have realized that championing in isolation is sel-

praise and becoming non-benecial in the long run.The sharing o expertise and resources, inter-agency diusions and

cross-ertilizations are said to be the Order o the Day and i one wants

to progress and develop continuously, one has to embrace a sharing

culture. The NBOS had opened up these communication channels and

laid down the oundation o subsequent initiatives to take o and ensured

relevant parties enjoy the benets o their initiatives, as well as saving the

government a substantial amount o money.

The successes o the MAF and the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP) were

acknowledged with the presentation o the Prime Ministers Innovation

Award in 2010. It was evident that the results o NBOS 1, 2 and 3 were

encouraging and supportive o the countrys development eorts.

There has been signicant result based on the two NKRAs identied by

the government, involving both the MAF and the RMP, namely NKRA 1

(Reduction in Crime Rates) and NKRA 5 (Rural Development).

The NBOS programmes and projects were said to have signicant

inuences over the learning curve o relevant organisations and

agencies. The realisation o the act that we were no longer working in

silos, resulted in many valuable lessons and ideas rom various initiatives,

other than synergising and synchronising our strengths and capacities

towards a common goal. We have individually changed ourselves where

eorts, ideas, and resources are shared. Eorts have enabled cost-sharing,

which led to the reduction in individual expenditures, bringing the

emphasis on value or money and doing more or less. Other than that,



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Gen Datuk

Hj Zulkifi Hj Zainal

Abidin, Chie o

Army

Chapter 1

the relevant parties understood each others capacities and capabilities

and had managed to eliminate redundancies or duplications.

In the discussion, Gen Datuk Zulkii highlighted that threats in newer

orms are the trend o the uture. No longer conned to the traditional

battleelds, current and uture threats can come rom anywhere, anytime

and in any orms. Thereore, the demands o saety protection and the

well-being o the population will be increased and the responsibilities

will become more expensive. This is where BOS comes into place as the

exploitation o the success will enhance a secured environment and

acilitate socio-economic development. The Border Management, Disaster

Management, Procurement and Maintenance o Common Equipment,

Total Deence and the Enhancement Capacity o Security Agencies can be

equally and successully managed through the implementation o NBOS.

One o the initiatives undertaken to address the national security

agenda was the ormation o National Special Operations Force (NSOF)

where it created a BOS in national security by cutting across relevant

agencies in undertaking rapid real-time actions, as well as sharing o


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intelligence and resources that yielded higher inputs, generate rapid

responses and lower budget requirements or the government. Another

initiative was the collaboration between MiDAS and Akademi Latihan

Keselamatan Bersatu, where research on international terrorism,smuggling, human tracking, and cyber crimes were conducted. In

addition, knowledge and inormation on related security matters, such

as non-traditional, transnational security threats and challenges were

also shared, with the ndings to be circulated and shared among various

security agencies.

The challenges, as outlined by Gen Datuk Zulkii, were to deal with the

sceptics who reused to admit the militarys signicant roles in the BOS.

Tur Wars will rise among the various organisations and agencies whichmust be addressed in utmost caution and sensitivity, to avoid disputes

and consequences. Lastly, legal powers accorded to parties carrying out

their responsibilities, to ensure peace and security should be addressed

accordingly.

He concluded his discussion by stating that BOS had opened up

numerous options or the MAF and the Army to urther enhance its

capabilities. The avenues or the Army to collaborate and synergise

its capacities and capabilities with the relevant government agencies,in order to enhance national security, had paved a way or continued

development and strive or higher income earner status. He ended

by stating that BOS was indeed a multiplier in every sense and strategy,

providing countless opportunities to join orces in a Whole Nation

context or continuous sustainment o peace, security, harmony, and

prosperity.

The next speaker, Admiral (Maritime) Datuk Mohd Amdan Kurish

started his discussion by stating that vulnerabilities still exist in ourmaritime domain. Maritime security and deence is a daunting task

where numerous strategies, plans and resources were allocated to

enhance Malaysias maritime security and deence readiness. He claimed

that the discussion on maritime security and deence capabilities, the

requirement and resources allocation were yet to be recognised in the

unique requirements o the maritime sphere o inuences. The current

maritime awareness did not provide a comprehensive awareness on the

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Admiral (Maritime)

Datuk Mohd

Amdan Kurish,

Director General,

Malaysian Maritime

EnorcementAgency (MMEA)

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rather than a need-to-share basis. A holistic and integrated approach was

needed to provide maritime security and deence option.

In his presentation, he examined on what was done in addressing

the maritime security and deence issues, as well as the plans on the

oundation o the BOS. Although there were ew successul BOS utilised

in enhancing maritime security and deence, his paper suggested that the

eorts on maritime security and deence were not properly coordinated.

He provided suggestions on a coordinated and holistic conceptual guide

or uture plans, sources, allocations and integration that will mutually

enhance the maritime security and deence, based on the BOS business

model.

As the Coast Guard o Malaysia, MMEA is the sole maritime lawenorcement agency, tasked with maintaining law and order in the MMZ

and the high seas, in the time o conict, war, crisis or emergencies.

Placed under the command and control o the MAF, as provisioned

under the MMEA Act 2004, it must be able to respond decisively to

the changing security environments and evolving security threats. The

agency recognises the constraints and limitations o its maritime security

capabilities.

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where its capacities and capabilities were continuously being developed.

Currently, MMEA operates 20 ships, 38 boats, 53 RHIBs and 8 aircrats.

These assets were assigned and prepositioned to the respective

maritime regions. MMEA operated assets inherited rom various maritimeagencies that partially ullled the MMEA demands to eectively

and eciently carry out its maritime security roles and tasks.

Most o the ships and boats inherited rom various maritime agencies

have been in service or more than 20 years.

MMEA has a critical role o exploiting maritime dimension in

maintaining Malaysias strategic and operational areas in peace, crisis,

and war. Thereore, MMEA aimed at achieving greater Maritime Domain

Awareness at all levels, looks orward to synergise its advancement inICT and other technologies, as well as acquiring C4ISR systems which

would enable the deployment o MMEA assets and coastal command

centres to exchange inormation rapidly and accurately. MMEA

would also expand its human capital based on the awareness that

knowledge is the agencys principal competitive advantage. Above

all, MMEA will continue to enhance inter agency cooperation and

collaboration.

He also highlighted that the current BOS will accelerate maritime

security and development. First, inter-agency cooperation or sole

maritime law enorcement agency. The decision made by the government

to establish MMEA as the maritime law enorcement agency o Malaysia

by end o 2011 was an excellent strategy, designed to realign operational

processes and reduce cost while rising eciency, and eliminating

competing presence in the same maritime domain by various law

enorcement agencies. The transer o vessels by the RMP and the Royal

Customs will equip MMEA with additional assets and enhance operational

gaps in the MMZ.

In terms o inrastructure, MMEA had taken over Kuala Kedah,

Langkawi, Kemaman and Labuan operational bases rom other maritime

agencies and in 2012, MMEA will take custodian o the bases still under

construction in Tanjung Pelepas, Batu Pahat and Muara Tebas. The details

o costs saving are still being worked out as existing tenancy agreements

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Second, inter-agency cooperation in providing basic recruiting and

training at the RMNs Recruit Training Centre in Tanjung Pengelih. The

approach had saved the government millions o ringgit by maximising

available resources o the RMN to train MMEA personnel required to ullits unctions.

Third, inter-agency cooperation to eliminate competing presence

o various maritime agencies o the same jurisdiction, to eliminate

redundancies in the MMZ. Inter-agency cooperation will be enhanced and

complement MMEA through sharing and maximising RMNs acilities. This

will create synergy between enorcement agencies and the RMN and will

reduce cost and operational diculties.

He also touched on issues and challenges aced by MMEA in realisingits aspirations. Among the issues and challenges were the lack o policy

guidelines between MMEA, RMN and Port Authorities in port controls

and the ambiguous roles o each entity in maritime deence. Resource

compatibilities and redundancies between RMN and MMEA was also

an issue. The issue o maritime law enorcement and unctions in search

and rescue and deence missions should be approached wisely and all

agencies involved must be aware o their unctions and tasks. The lack

o maritime domain awareness was something that should be avoided

and i let unchecked, it could cause a serious threat to our security and

deence. All maritime agencies should improve their abilities to saeguard

Malaysias security by providing relevant inormation in preparation or

any consequences.

He concluded by stating that understanding the concept o maritime

security was vital to distinguish and separate the roles o RMN and MMEA,

where both were equally relevant and operated within the same maritime

domain but with dierent roles and missions. One way to realise the value

o enhancing the domain awareness capability was through a maritime

security and deence centre, to improve collaboration and inormation

intelligence sharing. MMEA, being the sole maritime law enorcement

agency, is resolved to represent this new BOS, to ensure that the nations

maritime zones becomes a governed space and the stakeholders have a

complete situational awareness.

The third speaker, Dato Ibrahim Mohammad elaborated on

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Security and Development in the NBOS rom KKLWs perspectives. The

initiatives started with the NKRA or the rural areas basic inrastructure

programme as part o the GTP to provide the best public service acilities

or Malaysians o all races, religions and backgrounds beore the NBOScollaboration.

He added that KKLW was entrusted with the rural areas basic

inrastructure or the whole period o 2010 to 2011 under the NKRA. The

plan included the construction or repair o the 2500km roads throughout

Malaysia. He added that KKLW provided the people with the necessities

to supply clean water, electricity, housing and accessible roads. As or

2011, they planned to construct or repair more roads and houses, as well

as provide clean treated water and electricity supply to more people inthe Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak. The roads, electricity, water

supply and housing projects have indeed improved the standards o living

or the beneciaries.

Then, the NBOS 3 came into the picture, where KKLW worked together

with the MAF and Ministry o Health (MOH), to provide the rural areas

with the basic necessities needed. The BOS eliminated silo mentality and

overlapping unctions through collaboration between various ministries.

It also strengthened the perception o the Rakyat to the government

and the military, through the Caring Government campaign and the

gotong-royong between the military personnel and the Rakyat. It also

enhanced the knowledge and survival skills o the rural people. While

working together, one has a clearer idea o ones responsibilities and

thereore, better cooperation and results can be achieved. While working

on the housing projects, KKLWs areas o responsibilities were to provide

the list and locations o projects and also to und it, beore handing it over

to the beneciaries once completed. The MAF was responsible o the site

inspection, procurement o building materials and transportation. The

MAF also constructed the houses and provided monthly progress reports

once the construction had started and beore handing over to KKLW.

With the similar responsibilities in water supply project implemented in

Sarawak, the three Ministries worked hand in hand to realise the dreams

o the Rakyat and the governments missions.

He concluded his speech by highlighting the impacts o NBOS to

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Dato Ibrahim

Muhammad

Secretary General

Ministry o Rural

& Regional

Development

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condence and support o people to the government. Malaysians are able

to enjoy the benets o basic inrastructure, better access to educationand health services and eventually improved lie quality and reduced

social illness, especially those in rural areas. It had raised the standards

o living o the rural areas through job and business opportunities, thus

improving their income level and quality o lie.

During the Q&A session, questions were raised on issues such as the

eorts o working together between RMN and MMEA, such as the single

maritime air surveillance platorm or the RMN, MMEA and RMAF. A

question regarding the procedures o the procurement or the Army, Navyand Air Force in order to avoid duplication were also raised. The questions

were directed on the implementation o BOS and its eect in the MAF and

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Chapter 2Opening Address

Reinorcing National Deence & Security

: A Revisit

The Honourable

Dato Sri Mohd Najib Tun Hj. Abdul Razak

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Opening Address

Reinorcing National

Deence & Security

: A Revisit

Welcome to the Inaugural Conerence o the Malaysian Institute

o Deence and Security. In my opinion, this orum is a wonderul

opportunity or experts in the eld o Deence, Security and Enorcement

agencies to come together to share ideas and exchange perspectives

on some o the most pressing issues o all kinds. It is notable that

globalisation has given us a new set o rather complex security challenges.

These challenges are quite distinct and dierent rom those we have

aced in the previous eras. Today, war between nations are no longerseen as the greatest threat scenario the region or even the world; instead

Prime Minister,

the Hon Dato Sri

Mohd Najib Tun Hj.

Abdul Razak


The Honourable Dato Sri Mohd Najib Tun Hj Abdul Razak, the Prime Ministero Malaysia, delivered the Opening Address at the conerence. Following is anextract o the speech:


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we ace a number o asymmetric o non-traditional security challenges

and issues like terrorism, human tracking, drug smuggling, nuclear

prolieration and cyber security that cannot be resolved by the old

security and structure o the past. That is why I am very pleased to seethis conerence, uniting and bringing together ocials, policy makers,

event industry players, academicians and researchers in the service o the

common challenges we aced. I hope todays event will serve not only as a

platorm or discussion but also as a oundation or uture collaborations.

It is certainly an honour to be invited to address such a distinguished

gathering and I would like to take this opportunity to outline my thoughts

in this eld.

I make no apology or saying there are key security challenges inthe 21st century and our number one priority must be to saeguard

and deend Malaysias national interest. But by saying that we must

deend Malaysias national interest, it must also be seen in the context

o promoting regional peace and stability. The deence o our interest,

our national interest is pivotal to our sovereignty, territorial integrity

and economic well being, but Malaysias security is also very much

inuenced by the dynamic o the region which covers the geographical,

political, military and economic realities and rather intricate relationship

within our region and beyond. Geostrategically, Malaysia shares

common land boundaries with Thailand, Brunei and Indonesia as well as

maritime boundaries with Thailand, Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore, the

Philippines, Vietnam, China and Taiwan. And all the nations within the

region, including Malaysia, will continue to ace a number o signicant

challenges to their security. For example, i one or more governments in

our region were to lose their ability to contain internal political conict,

to maintain public order and to provide or the immediate needs o the

people, it will create a condition or potentially catastrophic civil unrest

that will impeach on the interest o other countries in the region. Even

countries that are quite remote geographically, like Australia, are acing

the challenge o asylum seekers and that goes to show that any instability

in our part o the region will certainly have a great impact to the other

countries.

In military terms, Malaysias primary strategic aim is to lit,

operate and preserve our way o lie. In order to do this, as an

independent, sovereign nation within the complex world community,

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Malaysia need to be able to deend itsel rom intererence and

destruction. Through any means, including armour tanks, this is the

basic role o our security and the most basic responsibility o the

government. I believe that there is more that Malaysia can do to preventsuch threats on our territory rather than simply building up our Armed

Forces. We have a number o strategic investments within our Exclusive

Economic Zone (EEZ) one and we also have a strategic investment and

objectives at the global and regional levels. Since Malaysia is an upward

working country, we are engaged in many ways, dierent ways,

political, economic, social and cultural across the region and the world

beyond.

This way o interdependency has matured into an even more intricateand complex web as a result o globalisation. Economically, our oshore

investment in the South China Sea, the 200 nautical miles o EEZ and the

Continental Shel surrounding it are rich in living and non-living resources

that have contributed signicantly to Malaysias economic development.

The two areas o the EEZ that are o particular economic signicance

are the oshore hydrocarbon area, located just on the east coast o the

Peninsular and the islands o Sabah and Sarawak. Any loss or disruption

to these elds would greatly aect the economic well-being o our nation.

The act that the part o the portion o the EEZ is within the disputed area,

urther complicating the picture in terms o security. Even, the question

o rather mundane matter, like discovering other substances in one o

our main reservoir o Sabah, contributed towards a drop in our national

production o oil recently, which impacted the growth gures o Malaysia

in our rst and second quarter o this year. So, what sort o analysis can we

derive rom the security challenges we ace?

Firstly, Malaysias geographical and physical characteristics imposes

a number o strategic disadvantages, the act that our nation is made

up o two land masses, separated by more than 600 kilometres o water

means we need to strengthen our capabilities including our maritime

capabilities, simply to secure adequate communications. Common sea

and land borders within our neighbours potentially place us in two

territorial disputes, either bilaterally or multilaterally. The continuous

presence and inuence o extraregional powers such as the United States,

Russia, Japan and China and their relationships with one another is an

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Secondly, political turmoil in any nation in the region risk eect that

will be elt by any neighbouring countries, or example, a massive ow

o migrants searching or saety and protection can aect and have clear

consequences on Malaysia. Even the internal conict that happened in Sri

Lanka over a number o years has led to security implications on Malaysia.

Thirdly, Malaysias national security strategy emphasises not only on

military build up, but the importance o striking a balance within a

comprehensive military capability and strengthening o our social

economic and political capacities. This strategy is intended to promote

and contribute towards a stable regional security environment.

Finally, the role o major powers, in particular, in triangular relations

between the US, China and Japan remained an important element in

shaping our regional security environment. I strongly believe that one

o the key challenges or Malaysia going orward would be to continue

to adapt to changes in our regional security environment and to adopt a

new security strategies to protect our national interest towards promoting

regional peace and security.

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Prime Minister,

the Hon Dato Sri

Mohd Najib Tun Hj.

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The number one security challenge aced by Malaysia today is that

o sae guarding and deending our countrys national interest. I would

like to stress, however, that Malaysias concept o national security is

inseparable rom political stability and social harmony o our people. Thedeence o this interest and their application o the concept o security,

are crucial to our nation sovereignty, territorial integrity and economic

wellbeing. As such, it is reasonable to conclude that Malaysia aces a

number o important challenges that go beyond the traditional denition

o security. Issues like terrorism, illegal immigration, human tracking,

piracy and cyber security are currently the subject o much discussion

in our region, moving the debate beyond the realm o interstate conict

and geopolitical concerns and incorporating post-state and non-state

actors. Although the end o the Cold War had brought stability to the

world and to our region, some unresolved issues remained, including the

issues that demand colossal regional cooperation and have the potential

to cause instability in the event that they are mismanaged. Our regional

economic prosperity is very much dependent on the conducive and

amicable political strategic situation. And with globalisation becoming a

watch word or international integration and interdependence, any threat

to regional stability whether direct or indirect, would have highly aect

Malaysias wellbeing and prosperity.

As you are, no doubt aware, the government has embarked on the

Government Transormation Programme and New Economic Model to

propel our country towards achieving the developed nation status by

2020. In addition, we have also embraced the implementation o the Blue

Ocean Strategy concept that will help improve the standards o living,

particularly or Malaysias rural population. In cutting down crime rates in

our urban areas, I am delighted to see that our security and enorcement

agencies, the Malaysian Armed Forces, the Royal Malaysian Police, and

the Prison Department working together in an unprecedented manner to

deliver this ambitious national agenda. I can see the tremendous benet

that the nation has gained rom working together between the agencies

and I would like to thank Proessor Kim or his contribution towards this

and also to the civil service led by Tan Sri Sidek, or giving the ullest

support or the execution o the National Blue Ocean Strategy.

As a small and still developing nation, Malaysia has ollowed a dierent

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dening national security as the capacity o a society to protect individual

group and a nation rom physical and social economic dangers and a

threat o such dangers. Apart rom a core value o political, independence

and territorial integrity, this denition is related to national interest,emphasising the physical survival o the population and importance o

promoting and preserving the prosperity o Malaysia citizen.

This conceptual approach has been urther developed into a more

comprehensive security doctrine. In essence, Malaysias national security

reects a combination o political stability, economic success and social

harmony, in addition to our military capabilities. Malaysias military has

long been a reliable and dependable institution and I believe that the

Malaysian Armed Forces must continue to remain the backbone o our

countrys security. I we are to deeat the threats to the national security,

Malaysias political, social, economic and military orces must work

together and best way to orge that common purpose is through national

unity and harmony. With all our citizens rallying behind the clarion call o

1Malaysia, this must be the bedrock that provide stability and security or

all.

Since the Cold War, several countries have implemented the concept

o Total Deence. I realised that countries do not just ace threat on the

conventional battleeld but that aggressors can also target a nations

economic system, its ability to recover rom disasters, both natural and

manmade and even the very abric o its society. To combat this threat,

it requires a concerted eort rom the public, government, and private

sector. The concept o total deence has actually been implemented in

Malaysia, albeit in a limited sense, not in a way that deence planner has

hoped or. I am very gratied at what we have achieved when we aced

several challenges recently. For example, when we had to evacuate our

students rom Egypt and during the incident with the Somali pirates, we

implemented the concept o Total Deence.

Thats a concept o total deence at work. There will be many other

examples, or instance cyber security is one area that we must seriously

move into in a very comprehensive manner because that would appear

to be a major threat to our economic wellbeing. I would also like to

congratulate the Armed Forces or interpreting Total Deence in the sense

providing economic wellbeing or our populace particularly our rural

population. When the civic action programme Jiwa Murni was expanded

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and with the help o the government, many inrastructure projects which

would have cost 5 to 6 times more were implemented, simply because

we implemented the concept o Jiwa Murni in the broader sense o the

word. For example, the Bakalalan road is now completed at the cost oone th or one sixth o what the Public Works Department Malaysia said

it will cost. The road is completed and now that particular hinterland in

Sarawak is able to communicate with the outside world. I would like to

commend the Armed Forces or this eort on their part and hope such

concept can be broaden to include other activities as well that would

benet the people and the population at large.

There are many things or us to discuss but I am quite positive about

the uture because I dont see us embroil into serious state versus state

sort o situation that would lead into a kind o a high risk o conicts in

a traditional sense in our region. We cannot aord to have any tension in

the region, particularly between Malaysia and Indonesia. I am condent

that i we have this attitude o becoming the shining example or the

world, we must lead the way. ASEAN must lead the way. I we depart rom

our narrow national interest and look at the bigger picture, there will be

solution to the myriad o challenges that we ace. And I think in tune with

this concept o the Blue Ocean Strategy, I would encourage us to be very

innovative and creative in nding solution to our security challenges.

We cannot stay within our conventional mindset, but we have

to explore new innovative ways, how to do things better with ewer

resources. I believe there are many opportunities that lay ahead or all

o us. I we pull our resources together, then we will be able to achieve

a much more eective national unit with ewer resources and with

ewer resources, we can use it in other areas, so that we can bee up our

capacities and our capabilities. Likewise, when we created the Malaysian

Maritime Enorcement Agency (MMEA), it was designed on the concepts

that agencies must pull their resources together and we decided that

by doing so then we will be putting our resources in areas that are more

critical. For example, most critical as ar as the perormance o the police,

in the eyes o the public, must be crime on land, which is the polices

bread and butter and i they can reduce the crime rate, certainly their

image will increase signicantly by leaps and bounds. So, it is not about

hanging on to what we have, its about doing things more eectively and

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and as a nation, and how do we pull our resources together. I think that is

the underpinning philosophy behind having this orum because I can seepeople rom dierent backgrounds here as participants and it is because

we need the ull support across the length, breadth and depth o our

civil service and our security agencies. We all need to pull our resources

together, think dierently and in a more innovative and creative manners,

or us to achieve our long term goals and objectives.

I believe that i we do so, we will unleash our capacity to provide a

better world or our people in Malaysia, as well as or the region. I would

like to congratulate you once again. I am sure there will be many ideas

that will be brought up in this orum and those ideas should be looked

at seriously and with this new spirit o being more inclusive about us

breaking down the wall that separate us, we should now look at ways, and

which we can bind together as one nation between the dierent agencies

but with a common purpose and a common goal. On that note, it gives

me great pleasure to ocially open the MiDAS Conerence, Reinorcing

National Deence, and Security: A Revisit. Thank you.

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Prime Minister,

the Hon Dato Sri

Mohd Najib Tun Hj.Abdul Razak, the

Minister o Deence,

Deputy Minister o

Deence, Deputy

Minister o Home

Aairs with speakers

and moderators o

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Chapter 3The Launching o MiDAS Blue Ocean Strategy

Centre (MBOSC)

The Honourable

Dato Sri Mohd Najib Tun Hj. Abdul Razak

The Prime Minister o Malaysia


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The Launching O MiDAS Blue

Ocean Strategy Centre (MBOSC)


The MiDAS Blue Ocean Strategy Centre (MBOSC) was ocially launched

by the Prime Minister the Honourable Dato Seri Mohd Najib Tun Hj Abdul

Razak ater the opening ceremony o the MiDAS Conerence 2011. The

MBOSC is reponsible to spearhead the implementation o Blue Ocean

Strategy (BOS) in the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) and MinDe, to carry

out the ollowing task:

- Inculcate the concept o BOS into MinDe strategic thinking and

deence/security strategy and policy research eorts;

- Promote understanding and acilitate education eort on BOS

throughout the MAF and MinDe;

Prime Minister,

the Hon Dato Sri

Mohd Najib Tun Hj.

Abdul Razak

launched MBOSC


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- Act as centre or coordination/interace and cooperation

between civil agencies and MinDe/MAF in the practice o BOS;

and

- Act as centre or idea generation or practical implementation.

Among the activities carried out by MiDAS/MBOSC in 2011 were:

- Coordinate the implementation o projects under the National

Blue Ocean Stategy Initiatives that involved the Ministry o

Deence;

- Organise the BOS awareness program to the sta o Ministry o

Deence; and

- Coordinate the implementation o BOS training with HumanResource Development Department or the Armed Forces.

Prime Minister,

the Hon Dato Sri

Mohd Najib Tun Hj.Abdul Razak

signing the MBOSC

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Chapter 4Keynote Address

The Future o National Deence and Security:

Blue Ocean Strategy

MODERATOR

Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan

Chie Secretary

to the Government o Malaysia

SPEAKER

Pro. Dr. W. Chan Kim

Chair Proessor o INSEAD, the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute

(IBOSI)


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Keynote Address

The Future o National Deence

and Security: Blue Ocean Strategy


Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan, the Chie Secretary to the Government

o Malaysia moderated the Key Note Address Session and introduced

Pro. Dr. W. Chan Kim, Chair Proessor o INSEAD, the INSEAD Blue Ocean

Strategy Institute (IBOSI). He inormed the audience that the address will

ocus on the Blue Ocean Strategy (BOS) and how its application could

enhance the economy o the country, inter-agency collaboration and

reduce bureaucracy and red tapes between agencies, as well as provide

stability or national security, beore handing over to Pro. Kim.

On his request, Pro. Kim did not want his address to be recorded.

Tan Sri Mohd

Sidek Hassan,

Chie Secretary to

the Government

o Malaysia

welcoming Pro.Dr. W. Chan Kim,

Chair Proessor o

INSEAD, the INSEAD

Blue Ocean Strategy

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Nevertheless, the issues covered in the address were ocused on an

overview o the BOS Concept and how it complements national deence

and security or the uture.

The BOS can be described as a tool to generate innovative ideas thatdemonstrates the characteristics o high impact, prompt implementation

and value or money. The adoption o the BOS concept will help the

country to achive the set targets, as outlined in the National Key Result

Areas (NKRA). BOS has eliminated the culture o working in silos between

the Ministries and ocuses on collaborating among Ministries and

agencies at all levels o management.

The present Government Transormation Plan (GTP), initiated by the

Prime Minister had provided an opportunity or the Ministry o Deence(MinDe) to urther improve nation-building capacities, particularly in

national security, through collaborative measures with other agencies

under the purview o the National Blue Ocean Strategy (NBOS). Through

NBOS, various agencies were brought together to generate ideas,

ormulate strategies and plans o action. From the militarys point o

view, the opportunity, as stipulated in the NBOS initiatives, would aord

to enhance and expand Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW)

capabilities, without losing sight o the MAFs primary responsibility.

Under NBOS 2, the MAFs collaboration with the Royal Malaysia Police

(RMP) will assist in reducing crime rates through a number o joint

measures. Similarly, cooperation with the Prisons Department had

initiated the Community Rehabilitation Program (CRP). In NBOS 3, MinDe

is working with the various government agencies to develop housing and

water supply in the rural areas.

The results o the implementation o the BOS in supporting the GTP

were overwhelming. It enabled ulling the objectives o relevant NKRAs,

allowing signicant cost-saving to the government and gives impact to

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Chapter 5Plenary Session 2

Reinorcing National Deence and Security:

A Revisit Through Blue Ocean Strategy

MODERATOR

Tan Sri Abu Bakar Hj Abdullah

Director General

Public Service Department

SPEAKERS

Gen Tan Sri Dato Sri Zulkieli Mohd Zin

Chie o Deence Force

Malaysian Armed Forces

Tan Sri Hj Ismail Hj Omar

Inspector General o Police

Royal Malaysian Police

Dato Mohamad Tajuddin Abd Wahab

Secretary


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Plenary Session 2

Reinorcing National Deence and

Security: A Revisit Through Blue

Ocean Strategy


The second plenary session started o with the moderator introducing

the speakers o the session. The rst speaker, Gen Tan Sri Dato Sri Zulkieli

Mohd Zin stated that on the matters regarding the implementation o

HANRUH, we should move orward. This is in conjunction with the main

theme o the conerence Reinorcing Malaysia Deence and Security:

A Revisit. The shits occurring in the global geostrategic environment

especially ater the end o the Cold War and post 9/11 tragedy had

brought the advent o traditional and non-traditional threats. The

afiction in both orms o threats had blurred the concept o national

security, where the line separating deence and internal security had

became increasingly ambiguous. This state o aair had removed any

exclusivity within the domain o deence and internal security, where

more comprehensive responses or the overall government approaches

Plenary session 2

moderated by Tan

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would be deemed necessary in addressing the issue. The prevailing

circumstances resulted in the ormalisation o the Total Deence Concept

or Pertahanan Menyeluruh (HANRUH).

He added that the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) had studied theeasibility o HANRUH since 1986 as part o the National Deence Policy

but since then, much has passed under the global geostrategic bridge.

Eorts to revive HANRUH in the 1990s were not orthcoming due to

various constraints. The National Security Council (MKN) had resolved in

7 September 2006 to reintroduce HANRUH with a stronger determination

to see its ormalisation. Ater much deliberation, the concept was

presented to MKN and endorsed on 12 July 2008. Much deliberations were

conducted to ascertain the viability o HANRUH as part o the NationalDeence Policy since 1986. Similarly, the MAF had conducted a number

o studies, in light to the changing global geostrategic landscape and its

impact on national deence.

With the revival o this concept in 2006, HANRUH was included into the

National Deence Policy as one o the undamental pillars o its strategies.

The concept had cascaded rom the national military strategy ormalised

in 2004, where the MAFs HANRUH Main Committee was established in 28

August 2007 while the subcommittees were ormed in 24 August 2009.

Since then, the main committee had ormulated strategies and action

plans to implement HANRUH, in line with the national strategy created by

MKN. On 12 July 2008, MKN provided the denition o HANRUH which is a

orm o approach towards the deence o the nation that involved the sum

total o measures undertaken by various government agencies including

the MAF, the corporate sectors, non-governmental organizations and

the citizens in deending the territory, sovereignty and interest o the

nation. The same mechanisms had established 5 components o HANRUH,

which are Psychological Deence, Societal Education and Goodwill, Civil

Preparedness, Economic Deences and Security Preparedness.

Gen Tan Sri Dato Sri Zulkieli mentioned that the MAF were given the

responsibility to oversee the deence domain in the security preparedness

componen, whereas the public security domain was under the purview

o the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP). According to him, in ullling the

requirements o HANRUH, the MAF went urther on to list the desired

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integrate the capabilities o the regular orce, the armed orces reserved

orce, military veterans and related security agencies, to ensure the

deence o the nation in peace and during the event o emergency.

Second was to coordinate the regulatory and administrative arrangement

to enable eective integration o capabilities. Third was to enhance the

understanding o the regular orce, the armed orces reserves orce and

military veteran in the concept o HANRUH and its implementation. The

nal objective was to ensure that the HANRUH Concept will act as a bridge

in linking MAF with various agencies to provide essential services to the

country and to enable the MAF to cooperate eciently and eectively

with other HANRUH components.

On the strategy o the MAF, he elaborated that the MAF had ormulated

its strategies in realising the HANRUH concept, which among others,

calling or the ollowing actions: rst, to develop the MAF as a balanced

and credible orce; second, to instil condence o the public to support the

MAF; third, to implement all action plans systematically and proactively in

conjunction with sound policies; and nally, to establish an analysis o the

public opinion on national deence.


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In implementing the strategies, he stressed that the MAF had

developed its course o actions which would contribute towards

achieving the desired end-state. The rst course o action was to maintain

the MAF in the state o high level o readiness. Second, was to instil theunderstanding and a deep sense o awareness related to security among

the population, especially the youth. Third, was to develop the public

support or the MAF and nally, to strengthen public-military cooperation

or relationships. The MAF, in undertaking its responsibilities, was able to

achieve signicant result in implementing HANRUH as stipulated in its

strategies, by consolidating the eects o various platorms namely the

Malaysian Armed Forces Strategic Development Plan (4D MAF), the Hearts

And Minds Programme and the NBOS. He mentioned that the MAF wereable to engage a bigger segment o society, continuously breaking the

silos separating various government agencies through pragmatic inter-

agency cooperation, while enhancing our state o readiness. Thus, the

achievements were as ollows:

- Maintaining a high a state o readiness: The modernisation o the

MAF through the development o programmes in 4D MAF puts

emphasis on eective command and control, communication,

computer, intelligent, surveillance and reconnaissance system

which harnesses the network-centric platorm. Combined with

better mobility and continuous monitoring o orces readiness,

utilising the situational orce scoring would aord the element

within MAF to be in a state o high readiness or any eventualities.

The transormation towards becoming a ull spectrum orce

would allow eective responses throughout the spectrum o

operations whether against traditional or non traditional threats;

- Instill understanding and awareness o deence and security:

The MAF has utilised a number o platorms to meet the needs

in engaging the public pragmatically. One o the key platorms

were the training programmes provided to quasi-military bodies

such as the reserved orces, Malaysian Deence University, the

National Service Programme, the PALAPES unit in the various

universities and Malaysias Combined Cadet Unit or PKBM.

Similarly, the MAF is reaching out to all levels o society through

the recruitment, exhibitions and road shows, targeting youth

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rom both rural and urban areas. In addition all approaches by

media were utilised to disseminate inormation on deence and

national security to the public.

- Developing public support or the MAF: Routine hearts andminds operation, combined with activities under the NBOS

programmes have provided the MAF opportunities to urther

develop public support to the organisation. Actions ranging

rom building roads in rural areas, providing houses or the poor,

extending medical services to the public and supporting the

RMP in crime prevention have endeared MAF among the general

public. Our timely and comprehensive eorts in humanitarian

assistance and disaster relie operations have brought the publiccloser to MAF. In addition, the conduct o media operations had

enabled the organisation to dispel negative public perceptions o

the military. By implementing our social obligation, the Rakyat

today has condence o the ownership o MAF.

- Strengthening public-military relationship: The backbone to the

public-military cooperation or relationship lies in the ecient

and eective inter-agency cooperation. This was evident through

the implementation o various MKN instructions requiring an

overall government approach. Present, the MAF is well presented

in security and development committee at all levels: Federal,

State and District levels. Similarly, the MAF is present in a number

o inter-agency orums where it has successully broken the inter-

agency silos with signicant results. Such example would be the

successul execution o Operation Pyramid where Malaysians

were evacuated rom Egypt with the asistance rom a number

o government agencies. Similarly, another example was the

collaboration between Royal Malaysian Navy and MISC in Ops

Fajar, where a GLC-owned ship was converted into an auxiliary

naval vessel to protect Malaysian ag ships in the Gul o Eden.

Hence, the inception o the NBOS had provided yet another

avenue to urther enhance inter-agency cooperation. Through

careully planned strategies, the MAF was able to collaborate

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reach to a more diverse group o agencies through the various

platorms developed.

Despite the achievements, the implementation o HANRUH was

not without challenges which required detailed analysis and soundresolutions. Among the challenges was the budget constraint and despite

it, the MAF was able to run various HANRUH activities by optimising and

maximising routine programmes, such as the Heart and Mind Operations

and trainings at various levels. The activities were repackaged to include

the implementation o HANRUH, apart rom its traditional objectives. This

had allowed the MAF to stretch the `Ringgit without incurring additional

costs while achieving the desired end-result. The next challenge was on

social structure where the MAF was able to cut across the religious andracial barriers by encouraging more non-Bumiputeras to be enlisted in the

military. The MAF will continue its eorts, in addressing religious and racial

prejudices within certain quarters o the society.

Another challenge was on the publics perception that the deence

o the nation was the exclusive responsibility o the MAF and this

continues to exist within the society. Rectiying this would require a

shit in the mindset o the public through progressive and pragmatic

engagements by the MAF, other government agencies and the corporate

sectors. Various programmes were planned to urther engage the society

and emphasise on the vital role in the deence o the nation. The nal

challenge was the mobilisation o man, machine and method, which

according to him, these exercises related to human capital and resources

such as energy resources and ood should be conducted. This may be

done through a simulation where processes and procedures are tested.

Similarly, such endeavours would amiliarise the aected group on the

various Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) related to HANRUH and

increases the shared awareness o the relevant parties.

Gen Tan Sri Dato Sri Zulkieli, in elaborating The Way Forward

mentioned that the Malaysian government has had successul track

records in implementing the overall government approach. The

monumental MKN instruction No. 11 (KESBAN), provided the blueprint

in coordinating eorts by all relevant agencies to combat communist

terrorists during the emergency.

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The HANRUH concept should be seen as an extension o KESBAN

but involving a wider spectrum rather than combating lawlessness

and anarchy instigated by the Communist Party o Malaya (CPM).

To ensure that HANRUH was able to meet the demand o the global

environment, comparisons on both KESBAN and HANRUH should be

seriously considered. He added that it was important or those involved

to continuously reer to the NDP in order to gauge the eectiveness

o HANRUH, in addressing contemporary and changing deence

scenarios. The study would benet MKN and provide adjustments in the

implementation o HANRUH holistically. It would also provide valuable

inormation to the deence plan in ormulating contingency plans by

accommodating policies. The Malaysian government had implemented an

overall government approach since Independence.

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