Election fever gets hotter

Star
PETALING JAYA: The general election fever just got hotter – leave for all police officers and personnel has been frozen indefinitely.

A circular was issued to that effect last month, and Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan told The Star that the main reason for the freeze was to conduct dry runs for the next general election.

“We have several reasons for doing so; the main reason being that we need to have dry runs. There are many things that we need to do when the elections are called. We must be prepared.”

Musa said his officers had been briefed about what needed to be done and he expressed hope they would pass the message down to the men on the ground.

Sources said that leave would only be approved for those facing emergencies, adding that Musa wanted to ensure that fewer than 10% of the 95,000-strong force were away at any one time. |More...|