Sadly, Selangor’s Chief Police Officer appears to have taken his lessons on public relations from his boss, Syed Hamid Albar.
Today: We had to attack because they were illegal and were disrespecting Negaraku.
Yesterday: We did not attack during Negaraku.
One of the first rules of effective communication is credibility.
Having backtracked on this, the CPO isn’t yet quite ready to step fully into the realm of truth, however. Luckily, we have eyewitness Haris methodically refuting the misrepresentations of said CPO.
Before even stepping into the territory of constitutional rights to assemble, there remain unanswered questions about:
- the lack of warning by the police
- the utterly unnecessary beatings and brutalisations of unarmed and peaceful citizens
- the misdirection regarding warnings over permits for the last few gatherings
and many more.
Here’s another brilliant bit:
The state police chief has questioned the rationale behind Internal Security Act (ISA) protesters singing the national anthem at their illegal gathering near the Amcorp Mall on Sunday.
“Are they expecting policemen to stand at attention each time they sing the anthem? If so, what would happen if every criminal that we confront starts singing the national anthem?” asked Deputy Comm Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar.
He questioned whether the protesters sang NegaraKu to keep the police at bay or that they (the protesters) themselves did not respect the anthem.
As to the last question: who disrespected the anthem? Let’s look again at the videos by blogger Peter, whose brilliant footage put paid to so much nonsense:
I guess there is one group singing and standing at attention. And the other acting like armed gangsters/stormtroopers descending hooligan like on the unarmed, singing crowd.
Still not sure? Perhaps another video will help:
(I love how some cops like to scream in order to try and sound scary. It is in essence a simliar logic as employed by gorillas).
As to the other question: Why do people sing the anthem?
Hmm. Let’s see. Could it possibly be because they love Malaysia? As an expression of solidarity between brothers and sisters perhaps?
I guess our CPO thinks its just the latest hip tactic among criminals to stop policemen dead in their tracks :|
I’m sure the cops were not on the scene to control the violence on Jalan Loke Yew that very same night because the hoodlums held them all at bay by singing Negaraku right?
Bro CPO: When you have a single *real* criminal actually stop and sing Negaraku as some ludicrous attempt to evade arrest, then you can come and talk ok? In the meantime, your Home Minister is not one to emulate in terms of trying to defend the indefensible.
I really have to highlight Hasilox’s comment from an earlier post about the police bullying unarmed citizens:
What else the poolice can do? Chow Kit is too dangerous for them. Thieves are too smart for them. Who else left?
:P :P
ermm. Does the Cpo means that their policemen are stupid and robotic…? doesn’t know how to differentiate sing rakyat and singing criminal… lol… what a nerd.. oppss he might not understand ‘nerd’… nerd = stupid
Come on lah. The Selangor CPO is adult enough to realise the issue is police brutality, not singing negaraku, unless he was born yesterday.
danet7882, a nerd is not stupid. Please google it up. I’m sure you can find other synonyms to the word stupid like bufoon, idiot etc.
A nerd is a strereotypical slang used for people who passionately pursure an intellectual pursuit. And that is certainly not what Mr CPO is.
proven. he is a dumbass.
issue = dumbass consents on polis brutality.
so what can we do??? how to get him down?
So, what are the favourite spots for these top guns?
Those night spots preferably with naked or half-nude foreign and local women working as GRO.
Why? Two main reasons, the first one ~because they are harmless (no daggers, no guns, no parangs, no swords) and seldom fight back unlike the Chow Kit criminals.
The second one, you can reason it out yourself. Use your imagination.
“Are they expecting policemen to stand at attention each time they sing the anthem? If so, what would happen if every criminal that we confront starts singing the national anthem?” asked Deputy Comm Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar.”
By stating the above, he is implying that, although we were singing the National Anthem, that doesn’t give us immunity to evade arrest.
And then he says that he did not hear us sing Negaraku at Civic Centre.
Which is which, Mr CPO?
And Nat, I’ve been following you’re blog but yet to have the privilege of meeting you. See you soon, hopefully.
kerajaan selangor terutama menteri besar selangor. arahkan semua polis keluar dari selangor. kita tak perlu polis….kita boleh dptkan pegawai keselamatan sendiri dari selangor. Polis Malaysia hanya tau saman dan rasuah.
The whole world’s wrong except you. More power to ya. :)
This CPO and his goon brother, Syed HA are cut from the same cloth, so expect no less from them. Actually expect nothing from them except….rubbish, stupidity and arrogance. They think they are smart but they look stupid with this self-smartness of theirs and when they open their mouth!
What do you think when you see a cop on the street nowdays, my 1st thought, which sucker they are going to stop for a bribe.
The CPO have nothing to do seem PR took over all the lobang have been blocked and no extra income. to release frustration and tension he will do whatever to detain innocent people even you read out rukun tertangga what more about singing negaraku. The coward BN is behind him.
Don’t you guys realize, this guy is being paid to blog by Anwar, so Susan Loone is being paid by KJ.
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