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Posted: 11 Jul 2011 05:45 PM PDT

BETONG: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said yesterday that Parti Keadilan Rakyat de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim should get an Oscar award.

He said the opposition leader had made the injury he received in Saturday's illegal street demonstration worse than it seemed.

He said A n wa r 's injuries could have been selfinflicted to give him an excuse to discredit the government and the police.

"Anwar should be given an Oscar for making what is not true look like the truth. We expected him to twist the facts to suit his goals," Muhyiddin said after attending the national-level Gawai Dayak open house at Rumah Wilson Begat Anak Bakir, in Penom, Ulu Paku, here.

Anwar was said to have suffered a bruise on his head and a cut leg as a result of police firing tear gas at protesters near where he was.

He said the chaos that broke out caused him to fall.

"I saw him on YouTube looking frail in a hospital bed. An hour later, I was told he was up and about, at the home of the protester who had died, paying his last respects and looking fine and healthy." Muhyiddin said he had expected Anwar and the opposition to capitalise on the incident as "this was not the first time (it had happened)".

"There were no extreme police actions in the area, nor was he attacked by the police or targeted by the police." He said police were investigating the circumstances that led to Anwar getting injured.

"Did he fall because of police action? Was it selfinflicted or did he walk into a glass wall?" He said policewould make a statement on Anwar's injury and the death of protester Baharudin Ahmad.

Muhyiddin said Anwar, the opposition and rally organisers Bersih had distorted the facts on what had happened during the rally. "We expected it. We knew from the beginning that it would happen." He praised the police for showing "great restraint" in their handling of the rally.

He said the death of the demonstrator was not because of police brutality, as claimed by the opposition.

He said the opposition distorted the death to gain sympathy by portraying the government and the police as brutal.

Muhyiddin said street demonstrations were not part of Malaysian culture and would never be as the majority of people were against them.

"It is not something we do. So what happened shows that they (the protesters) do not have respect for the law." He accused Bersih of showing disrespect by lying to the king when they had promised that theywould not take to the streets.

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Haze unlikely to clear soon

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 11:32 AM PDT

2011/07/12
By Roy See Wei Zhi
news@nst.com.my

The haze did not deter these children from having fun at the KLCC playground in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR: The current hazy conditions in the Klang Valley and Negri Sembilan will not be going away anytime soon. No rain has been forecast today for the central region, with rain expected only in east Johor and south Perak.

The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MMD) said the haze that had so far engulfed the three states and parts of Johor, was caused by raging fires in Sumatra and parts of Borneo.

A large portion of Seremban was engulfed yesterday morning, reducing visibility to between 200 and 300 metres in certain areas, including stretches of the Kuala Lumpur- Seremban Expressway. Although the air quality had not reached hazardous levels in the town, the State Health Department advised those with respiratory illnesses to remain indoors.

In Senai, flight operations at Sultan Ismail International Airport were disrupted early yesterday due to low visibility caused by the haze.

MMD central forecast office's principal assistant director, Amir Zudi, said apart from east Johor and south Perak, there would be no rainfall in the rest of Peninsular Malaysia today.

He said this meant there would be no immediate respite from the haze.

"The haze effects will linger for sometime since it is not going to rain today. It was also dry yesterday," he said.

The Department of Environment's Air Pollutant Index revealed the air quality in 37 out of 51 areas in the country were classified as "moder - at e " when measured at 7am yesterday.

There are five levels of classifications — good, moderate, unhealthy, very unhealthy and hazardous.

A ParticulateMatter (PM-10) reading of 51 to 100 is classified as "moderate ".

This was confirmed by directorgeneral of health Datuk Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman who said the quality was down but had not reached hazardous levels yet. He added that the ministry was currently liaising with the DOE for further updates about the haze situation but as for now, the air quality was still at a normal level.

The last time the country was hit with severe hazy conditions was in 2005.

Port Klang and Kuala Selangor were declared to be in a state of emergency when PM-10 readings went as high as 500.

The 2005 haze, caused by massive forest fires from neighbouring countries, was the worst that had hit Malaysia since 1998, where services across the country were crippled.

Workplaces and schools were forced to shut down due to risk of contracting respiratory illnesses.

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