The Lembah Pantai MP offers condolences to bomb victim's family.
FMT
KUALA LUMPUR: PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar today expressed her “utter shock” that security in the city had deteriorated to the extent that a bomb had exploded in one of its most crowded areas, leaving one person dead and 13 injured.
She offered her condolences to the family and friends of car jockey Tiong Kwang Yie and said she was praying for the quick recovery of the injured.
“We need an immediate and transparent response from the authorities to this utterly shocking attack in the heart of the city,” she said in a statement to FMT.
“The IGP must immediately wake up to reality. He must end his personal crusade against people who ‘disrespect’ him. He must now actively resist pressure from his political masters to go after dissenters, scholars, students and journalists.
“He must go back to his real task, which is to fight crime. He must address the real threats to the nation’s security ASAP.”
As MP for Lembah Pantai, Izzah has often called on the authorities to address the problem of rising crime rates, particularly in urban areas. She has accused the Home Ministry and the police force of being misguided in their priorities, saying they were committing more resources to the surveillance of opposition politicians than to crime fighting.
In her statement today, she referred to the police’s explanation of the bomb attack and asked how they could be so quick to connect it to gang rivalry. She said the Special Branch should have been as quick with its crime intelligence to prevent the attack.
“If all that is true, it only means that gangsters in this country have become so much bolder,” she added.
KUALA LUMPUR: PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar today expressed her “utter shock” that security in the city had deteriorated to the extent that a bomb had exploded in one of its most crowded areas, leaving one person dead and 13 injured.
She offered her condolences to the family and friends of car jockey Tiong Kwang Yie and said she was praying for the quick recovery of the injured.
“We need an immediate and transparent response from the authorities to this utterly shocking attack in the heart of the city,” she said in a statement to FMT.
“The IGP must immediately wake up to reality. He must end his personal crusade against people who ‘disrespect’ him. He must now actively resist pressure from his political masters to go after dissenters, scholars, students and journalists.
“He must go back to his real task, which is to fight crime. He must address the real threats to the nation’s security ASAP.”
As MP for Lembah Pantai, Izzah has often called on the authorities to address the problem of rising crime rates, particularly in urban areas. She has accused the Home Ministry and the police force of being misguided in their priorities, saying they were committing more resources to the surveillance of opposition politicians than to crime fighting.
In her statement today, she referred to the police’s explanation of the bomb attack and asked how they could be so quick to connect it to gang rivalry. She said the Special Branch should have been as quick with its crime intelligence to prevent the attack.
“If all that is true, it only means that gangsters in this country have become so much bolder,” she added.
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