Kedah police have opened up 17 beat bases in the Bukit Selambau area for the coming April 7 by-election.
State police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Syed Ismail Syed Azizan said that the beat bases were opened on Monday and would operate until polling day on April 7. Policemen there would be on duty round-the-clock.
“These locations have been identified as crime-prone areas and are also political parties’ stronghold areas.
“We put up these beat bases to prevent any untoward incident during the by-election,” he said when met after launching the Bandar Darulaman Community Police station here Tuesday.
He said that four policemen would be placed at each beat base, on four-hour shifts.
The Bukit Selambau state seat was vacated after V. Arumugam tendered his resignation on Feb 8.
The by-election will be held on the same day as that for the Bukit Gantang parliamentary seat in Perak and the Batang Ai state seat in Sarawak.
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