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Let's not blame anyone over journalist's killing: Najib

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 10:50 PM PDT

Let's not blame anyone over journalist's killing: Najib

PETALING JAYA -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today urged the people not to point fingers at anyone over the recent killing of a Malaysian journalist in Somalia.

"Let's not play this blame game. The most important thing for us is to take stock of what has happened," he told a media conference at the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) base in Subang near here.

Najib spoke to both local and international media, including the BBC and CNN, after joining the family of slain BernamaTV cameraman Noramfaizul Mohd Nor for the arrival of the journalist's remains from Mogadishu.

Noramfaizul, 39, was killed on Friday after he was shot while travelling in a four-wheel-drive vehicle with other Malaysian media personnel covering the humanitarian aid mission to Somalia by the Putera 1Malaysia Club.

"There's a limit to what you can prepare for any eventuality. Insyallah (God willing), we'll try our level best in the future to prevent such a thing from happening again. No one can guarantee anything. But if you're not prepared to take the risk, then stay home," said Najib. -- Bernama

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Body of slain BernamaTV cameraman brought back today

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 07:53 PM PDT

Body of slain BernamaTV cameraman brought back today

SUBANG -- The body of BernamaTV cameraman Noramfaizul Mohd Nor who was killed in Somalia on Friday was brought back here at about 10 am today.

Noramfaizul's body was flown in to the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) base here by an RMAF C-130 aircraft, and was received by family members who had been waiting since 7 am.

An air of melancholy hung over the airbase as the coffin, draped in the Malaysian flag, was brought out of the aircraft which had also flown in the remaining 54 members of the humanitarian aid mission of the Putera 1Malaysia Club headed by Datuk Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim.

Noramfaizul, 39, was killed on Friday after he was shot while travelling in a four-wheel-drive vehicle with other media personnel who covered the distribution of aid to victims of Somalia's famine.

Among the family members at Subang were Noramfaizul's parents, Mohd Nor Mat Yassin, 66, and Naemah Abd Majid, 63.

Also present were Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor; Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and his wife, Puan Sri Norainee Abdul Rahman; Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman and Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Cameramen and photographers from a multitude of media organisations enveloped the rear of the aircraft as the coffin was brought out and taken to the RMAF mosque. - Bernama

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Sabtu, 3 September 2011