The world according to Musa - The Nut Graph

By Shanon Shah
shanonshah@thenutgraph.com

INSPECTOR General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan, on the release of tear gas against hundreds who demonstrated on 7 Mar 2009 against the English for Teaching Mathematics and Science (ETeMS) policy.

The police say they also detained 124 individuals for questioning. (Source: Cops foil march to Istana, The Star, 8 Mar 2009)

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Musa, when commenting the use of water canons by the police to disperse a crowd of 300 at the Brickfields police station on 28 Feb 2009.

The gathering was to lodge a police report against the alleged mistreatment of Internal Security Act (ISA) detainee and Hindraf leader P Uthayakumar. (Source: Cops use water cannons to disperse 300-strong crowd, The Star, 1 Mar 2009)

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Musa again, this time training his gaze on Perak. This was his warning to Pakatan Rakyat supporters not to hold any public assemblies protesting the takeover of the Perak government by the Barisan Nasional in February. (Source: IGP urges Pakatan supporters not to hold illegal gatherings, The Star, 5 Feb 2009)

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Musa, this time focusing on cyclists. The police arrested 111 individuals — adults and children — involved in the Jaringan Rakyat Tertindas (Jerit) Cycling for Change campaign in December 2008.

The campaign called for the abolition of the ISA, passage of a Minimum Wage Act, and the restoration of local government elections, among other things. It culminated in the handover of a memorandum to Parliament on 18 Dec 2008. (Source: Police have duty to protect children, The Star, 25 Dec 2008)

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Musa, last but not least, defending Islam. This time he was referring to public protests against the National Fatwa Council's fatwa banning tomboys, or pengkid, in November 2008. The protests were organised by youth collectives Katagender and Food Not Bombs, which consist of Muslim and non-Muslim Malaysian men and women. (Source: IGP warns NGOs against challenging fatwa, The Nut Graph, 13 Nov 2008)