Revamp Information-Gathering System
DAP National Deputy Chairman and MP for Kepong Dr Tan Seng Giaw calls for the revamp of the whole information-gathering system of the police, so as to ensure that intelligence obtained reflect the true situation.
Dr Tan made this call on 15.7.2008 during a media conference in the lobby of parliament to refute the allegation of the Home Minister YB Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Syed Albar. At the conference, DAP National Advisor YB Lim Kit Siang and the Chief Minister of Penang, YAB Lim Guan Eng clarified that they were not present at the socalled Pakatan meeting at the PKR headquarters on 9.7.2008.
From 12 to 14 July, 2008, the police set up road blocks along the roads leading to parliament, causing traffic jam and inconveniencing the people.
On 14.7.2008, YB Hamid said that the police action of putting up roadblocks in the city for three days is justifiable based on the intelligence gathered. According to Hamid the blogs calling for people to turn up were 1626.blogspot.com and zul4kulim.blogspot.com.
He stressed that intelligence was also gathered from a July 9 meeting chaired by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim at the PKR headquarters. The meeting was attended by various leaders, including DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang, DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng, DAP Vice (Deputy) Chairman Dr Tan Seng Giaw and PAS treasurer Dr Mohd Hatta Ramli.
On 9.7.2008 Guan Eng was in Penang with the Governor. Kit Siang was not at the socalled meeting. I was at the House during the day and in Kepong in the evening.
Clearly, the Home Minister was not speaking the truth. He should find out from his source why such a mistake was made. Then, he should withdraw the allegation and apologize to the people for the inconvenience caused in the three-day witchhunt. What was the actual intelligence that prompted the three-day action?
The Government must review the whole information-gathering system to ascertain its integrity and effectiveness. It must be revamped.
Dr Tan Seng Giaw
posted by Tan Seng Giaw @ 7/15/2008 12:01:00 PM
4 Comments:
YB Dr Tan, The malaise with our Govn particularly the public Services is the CAT problem .. It had become a joke if the Head of Dept would be chopped from the dereliction of duty.For Example the Drain in Kepong Baru near the Pet Shop.. Filthy for the past uptemp years, yet no one is held accounted for the state of condition. Can the Mayor be sacked for this or his Longang Head be accounted for ??? Unless there is a change of Govn. we had to bear for it
Please write an article in MRR2 so that we know what you think about the issue and the plans you will be carrying out to address the issue. It is my sincerest opinion that the overall quality of Kepong's roads should be improved now that condominiums and apartment houses have increased Kepong's population in the order of tens thousands (especially Metro Prima Area). Proper parking system, road maintenance(drainage and potholes) and traffic lights improvements are crucially needed to curb the escalating incidents of traffic jams. Please help to raise up Kepong's road standard and the Kepong folks will be much grateful with that.
YB Dr Tan, I applaud your call for a revamp of the information-gathering system of the police. Your argument is compelling. However, it's unclear if the three-day police action that began on July 14 was not successful. If the police set up road blocks based on bad intelligence, we should know about it.
Please also comment on the situation with the MRR2.
The Works Minister said the structure is safe as 15 of the 18 panels of CFRP remained. Why then, are two lanes of traffic closed for three weeks? The two answers so far are, "safety reasons" and "to let the consultants examine the damage". If the structure was safe, why close the lanes? Surely that will cause more congestion and ultimately put more stress on the unreliable structure.
Is the flyover safe or not?
The command centre system will allow ministries and agencies to centralise information gathering and decision processes and to make a faster, unified response to incidents by communicating to ground forces via secure communications devices.
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