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Cops: Bombings carried out by drug dealers Posted: 17 Sep 2011 05:35 PM PDT A victim being rushed to Sungai Golok Hospital for treatment yesterday. — Picture by Syamsi Suhaimi SUNGAI GOLOK: Thai authorities alleged yesterday that drug dealers had a hand in deadly coordinated bombings in the country's south that killed four Malaysians and wounded dozens more. Sungai Golok police chief Col Chakapon Thenthong said the death toll from Friday night's three explosions here had climbed to five after a victim died in hospital. He said the latest victim was a Thai national. Chakapon also said 13 of the more than 60 people injured in the attack were severely wounded. The bomb attacks are one of the biggest since the new Thai government was installed last month. More than 4,700 people have been killed in southern Thailand since an insurgency erupted in 2004. No one immediately claimed responsibility for Friday's attacks. "The attacks were in response to the authorities' frequent crackdown on narcotics." Chakapon said since the new government took office last month, police had seized 100,000 methamphetamine tablets in Narathiwat, where Sungai Golok is located. He said the latest anti-drug crackdown in the area took place on Wednesday. "We believe drug dealers funded the insurgents in Friday's incident. "They definitely aimed at harming the public, given the time and the locations of the explosions." The explosions took place outside two hotels and a community centre in the early evening. A massive military effort has failed to stop the violence in the south, attributed to the secretive insurgents who advocate separatism. On Thursday, suspected insurgents killed five soldiers and severely wounded another in a roadside bombing in neighbouring Pattani province. Some Thai officials have long alleged ties between the drug trade and the violence, but they have offered little evidence. Several small fires were set off by Friday's explosions. Authorities cut off mobile phone service in the area to prevent possible detonations of more bombs, and traffic was snarled by army roadblocks. The town here attracts Malaysians seeking entertainment. However, attacks in recent years have discouraged visitors. The previous most dramatic attack happened during celebrations of the 2008 new year, when suspected insurgents set off five bombs in a hotel, wounding 27 people. -- AP

DPM: Don’t question ISA move Posted: 17 Sep 2011 10:55 AM PDT 2011/09/18 By Adie Suri Zulkefli and Looi Sue-Chern news@nst.com.my Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin arriving at a Merdeka Raya gathering in Sungai Acheh, Nibong Tebal, yesterday. — Picture by Rosli Ahmad NIBONG TEBAL: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has urged all quarters not to cast doubt on the government's decision to repeal the Internal Security Act (ISA). He said the opposition parties which appeared to have been caught off-guard by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's announcement should not question the government's honesty in honouring the decision. Describing the decision as a radical and bold move by Najib, Muhyiddin also brushed aside suggestions that the announcement was a political stunt for the general election. "This is not main-main (game). The prime minister's announcement was not only widely reported by the local media but also by the international news organisations. "Yes, we can understand that some people, including the opposition leaders, were caught by surprise but it is something real. "What is important is that the decision is for the rakyat's benef it," he said after attending a Merdeka Raya gathering at the Perda community hall in Sungai Acheh here yesterday. Muhyiddin, who was on a oneday visit to Penang, was commenting on claims by the opposition leaders that the announcement was a political trick in wake of the coming general election. He explained that the decision was not made in haste, as it was done after two years of review of the laws. "This reflects the courage of the prime minister. It was not a response to the demands of many, although the matter had been raised over a long time. " The decision was made according to the changes in the countr y's landscape and it was something that the people wished for. " Muhyiddin said the decision would complement the Government Transformation Programme and the Economic Transformation Programme introduced earlier under Najib's leadership as the nation was moving towards becoming a developed nation by 2020. "We have initiated economic and government transformation, and we are now moving towards political transformation, which is linked to the political situation, national security, human rights and freedom of speech. This means we have progressed to a mature level." However, he said, the government would not compromise on national security and would introduce two new laws to combat terrorism and organised crime. "Hopefully, the enactment of the two new laws can be tabled in Parliament before the year end." In his Malaysia Day message three days ago, Najib had announced, among other things, that the ISA would be repealed and two new laws would be enacted to protect the peace, harmony and security of the country. Muhyiddin had earlier approved allocations, totalling several million ringgit, for the people here. This included RM2.5 million for a local mosque, RM1 million for a new fishermen jetty in Sungai Udang and RM500,000 for SJK(C) Pai Teik. Muhyiddin also said the government had approved an additional RM4.6 mil allocation to build a new school building for SJK(T) Batu Kawan. He said this at a ground-breaking ceremony for the school on a 0.8ha piece of land belonging to the Penang Development Corporation in Batu Kawan yesterday. In Bukit Mertajam, Muhyiddin said the government planned to take over the responsibility of state governments and pay the salaries of religious teachers in sekolah agama rakyat (people's religious schools). Muhyiddin, who is also education minister, said although it was not the job of the Federal Government to take over this responsibility, such a move would allow it to support the schools better in efforts to strengthen the religious education system. Muhyiddin was addressing more than 500 religious teachers at a meeting in Universiti Teknologi Mara Permatang Pauh campus. He gave RM7.1 million to 35 SARs, government-aided religious schools and national religious secondary schools in Penang. In Tasek Gelugor, Muhyiddin announced a RM2.4 million allocation to upgrade a market and a make-over for low-cost flats. He said the allocations were approved following appeals from the Tasek Gelugor market traders to upgrade the existing market and the repainting work for four blocks of low-cost flats in Taman Retina, Permatang Berangan.

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