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| Rally video 'a boon for police' Posted: 23 Jul 2011 08:40 AM PDT 2011/07/23 AYER KEROH: The credibility of the Bersih 2.0 video released by police cannot be questioned, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said yesterday. He said the video, which was screened to 200 members of the media and the public on Friday, answered many of the questions raised by the opposition regarding the behaviour of policemen during the illegal rally on July 9. "(The public) cannot be sceptical of what the authorities release to the public, and yet believe in the accusations made by the alternative media."
He said the video proved that some opposition leaders, such as Pas deputy president Mohamad Sabu, had been untruthful about injuries he had incurred that day. "He (Mat Sabu) said police tried to hurt him, but we know now that they were not true."
Muhyiddin lambasted the opposition for taking advantage of the death of rally participant Baharuddin Ahmad by claiming he had died after being beaten by police. "I believe it's wrong to take advantage of someone's death, especially as all the evidence, including the post-mortem results, shows that he (Baharuddin) died as a result of a heart attack and not because he was abused by police."
He said the video should be televised so people could judge the truth for themselves. Muhyiddin said: "This is not about politics. We simply do not want people to be taken in by lies and allegations." Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar said police had given copies of the video to Radio Televisyen Malaysia and TV3. "It is up to the networks to decide when to broadcast the video." Present at the launch were Malacca Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop, Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation vice-chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye and Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
| Najib's wish for lasting peace Posted: 23 Jul 2011 08:39 AM PDT 2011/07/23 Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, accompanied by his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor (third from right), cutting a pulut kuning cake during the ceremony organised by Kedah Umno to celebrate his 58th birthday at the Sultan Abdul Halim Airport in Kepala Batas yesterday. — Picture by Syaharim Abidin This was Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's wish as he celebrated his 58th birthday here yesterday. Instead of a birthday bash with his family, Najib, accompanied by his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, spent the day on a working visit to Perlis.
Najib had earlier been surprised with a small birthday party, complete with a pulut kuning cake, on his arrival at the Sultan Abdul Halim Airport in Kepala Batas, near Alor Star. The birthday do was organised by Kedah Umno at the airport's Bunga Raya complex.
Asked to elaborate on his birthday wish, Najib said Malaysians have, over the years, subscribed to a unique security and value system that has helped promote peace and prosperity. "That is why the majority of us reject all forms of aggression and extremism."
Earlier, Najib approved the Perlis government's plan to develop a new township on a 1,262ha sugar plantation in Chuping, as well as a RM350,000 allocation to renovate a nat (morning market) while visiting Balai Baru in Berseri, near here. The prime minister also had an audience with the Raja of Perlis, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Putra Jamalullail, at Istana Arau. Before joining some 5,000 people for a luncheon, Najib attended a "Jalinan Mesra Rakyat" meet-the-people session at Dewan 2020. Later, he chaired a closed-door meeting with state Barisan Nasional leaders, and also met with more than 100 imam in the state. During his visit to SRJK (C) Hwa Aik in Arau, Najib announced a special allocation of RM70,000 for six Chinese primary schools and a Tamil primary school. Before leaving for Kuala Lumpur yesterday evening, the prime minister called on veteran Umno members Ibrahim Mat, 93, and Wan Teh Wan Abdullah, 90, at their homes in Kampung Belat Batu and Padang Nyu, respectively. In George Town, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop yesterday announced that the prime minister had approved an allocation of RM2.45 million to improve facilities at the Rifle Range and Kampung Melayu flats. He said of the amount, RM1.8 million would be to improve the water pressure at all nine blocks of the Rifle Range flats, RM150,000 for the upgrading of food stalls, toilets and the pedestrian walkway at the same flats, and RM500,000 for the upgrading of food stalls at the Kampung Melayu flats. "Work will commence soon since we already have the allocation. "Flat dwellers can look forward to much-improved facilities once everything is in place," he said after chairing a state Bumiputera Development Council meeting yesterday. Nor Yakcop said the Implementation Coordination Unit, under the Prime Minister's Department, would oversee the projects. The prime minister, during his walkabout in Penang on April 2, had promised to help improve facilities at both flats after hearing complaints from grassroots leaders and flat dwellers. Nor Yakcop also said that over the first seven months of this year, RM15.1 million had been spent on various programmes for the development of Bumiputeras in the state. The money was used to, among other things, provide extra classes, tuition classes and other support facilities that benefited 30,155 students from 240 schools in Penang. A sizeable amount was also used for affordable housing projects, currently in various stages of construction, by Federal agencies. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
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