Present Organisation Senoi Praaq
Today, the Senoi Praaq is part of the General Operations Forces (formerly the Police Field Force) of the Royal Malaysian Police. One of the unit’s main function is border security, but the unit is famed for the tracking skills of its members.
The unit have two battalions, the 3rd Battalion is based in Bidor.The Commanding Officer (CO) was then (2004-2006)Supt Mohd Yusof Wok and the 18th Battalion based in Pengkalan Hulu. Both Senoi Praaq battalions are put under the administrative and tactical command of the General Operations Force Northern Brigade.
With the end of the insurgency by Communist Party Of Malaya Terrorists, jungle patrols are no longer the primary tasks of the Senoi Praaq. Instead their task has been more akin of the normal General Operations Force battalions of the Royal Malaysian Police.
But both the units has maintained their jungle tracking and survival skills and occasionally called upon in Search and Rescue missions for people missing is the jungle. They are occasionally called to assist in locating lost jungle trekkers and mountain climbers.
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