Armed forces, police prepare for demos

Tan Sri Musa Hassan (right) and Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Zainal after the launching of joint safety exercise.

nst - [...] "It is crucial, and the right time, for the forces to organise and plan strategies to carry out duties in maintaining public order as outlined in the public order manual," he said.

The exercise, which began yesterday and ends on Monday, is to get planners to understand what it takes to coordinate efforts between the two forces should the need arise.

Musa said the joint exercise, whose focus is on the Klang Valley, especially Kuala Lumpur, Shah Alam and Petaling Jaya, was to show that public order problems could be tackled properly and efficiently by both forces.

Asked if this meant that the armed forces would be used to tackle illegal assemblies, he said this would only be so if absolutely necessary and an emergency had to be declared.

Armed Forces chief General Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Zainal said the exercise was the first of two phases. In this phase, discussions would be held to work out certain procedures.

The second phase involved actual deployment of forces. Legal officers of both forces would advise on the legal aspects of tackling any crisis.... selanjutnya.

no2umno - mulanya aku bertanya, kenapa ada media yang kata, demo minyak anjuran Geramm dan Protes bertukar kepada demo Anwar.... ada dah cucuk jarum ke nih? Media dah jadikan benda jadi panas ....