KUALA LUMPUR: Police will conduct five security drills at four separate locations nationwide as preparations for the upcoming 2017 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in August.
Dubbed "Latihamal Ex-Rimau 2017", the first exercise was held at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium this morning.
Police said similar drill will be held once again at the national stadium soon, followed by three more at KLCC mosque, National Sailing Centre in Langkawi and International Endurance Park in Terengganu.
City police chief Datuk Amar Singh said the exercises would cover five scenarios including VIPs evacuation, bomb threat, partial building collapse and armed militant attack.
Amar said he was satisfied with today's exercise, adding that the force were prepared to face any eventualities.
He said among the goals for the security drill was to test the ability of the crisis response team, the effectiveness in the execution of plan and also the force's reaction time to possible threats.
The exercise, he added, was also held to train personnel on how to face possible crisis during an international sporting event.
Apart from the drill, Amar said, scanners would also be installed at every entrances of the venues to screen participants as one of the preventive security measures.
A total of 350 police personnel from the bomb disposal unit, Special Action Unit, 69 Commando, Air Wing Unit, General Operation Force, K9 and Criminal Investigations Department, were involved in today's exercise.