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| Ops Selamat launched to reduce road fatalities and house break-ins this Hari Raya Posted: PETALING JAYA: This year's Ops Selamat aims to reduce traffic fatalities as well as house break-ins during the Hari Raya period. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said most police personnel would be on duty throughout Ops Selamat, which would be held from Aug 1 until Aug 15. "Only 10% of the police force will be on leave during that period. "The rest of the police personnel will deployed to patrol highways and federal roads as well as patrol homes," he said after launching Ops Selamat at Bandar Sunway here Tuesday. Khalid said more than 6,900 road fatalities were recorded throughout last year, which a spike of about 200 deaths, compared to 6,700 deaths in 2011. "We are very concern over the fatalities. We have 23 million vehicles on the road compared to Australia, which has 30 million vehicles, but have fewer fatalities annually," he said. He announced that the Armed Forces Medical team would join the Emergency Response Team for the first time throughout the 15-day campaign. "The response team will be placed at rest stops along the highway to assist motorists, no matter what the emergency," he said. Khalid said the police would also introduce the Ops Selamat toll-free number 1-800-88-1412, courtesy of Telekom Malaysia Berhad. "The public can call this hotline to report traffic congestion, road accidents or ask for assistance. They can even report a break-in or obtain traffic reports," he said. "Ops Selamat aims to enforce the law while educating the public. The awards for good drivers, which was started last year will be continued this year," he said. |
| Video taken minutes after banker shot dead uploaded to Facebook Posted: PETALING JAYA: A video taken minutes after banker Hussain Ahmad Najadi was shot dead has been uploaded to a Facebook page. Hussain, 75, who is the founder of Arab-Malaysian Development Bank, was shot dead in the parking lot near the Chinese temple Kuan Yin in Lorong Ceylon at 2pm on Monday. The 30-second video shows a lifeless Hussain on the ground of the parking lot covered in blood. There is also a woman, believed to be his 49-year-old wife, cradling his head on her lap as she sits slumped on the ground. The woman appears to have a wound on her arm, which coincides with Kuala Lumpur CID deputy chief ACP Khairi Ahrasa's statement that Hussain's wife was hit in the left wrist and right thigh. Hussain was shot twice in the chest at close range, killing the renowned banker on the spot. The video also shows an unidentified woman checking Hussain's pulse and comforting the distraught woman, as several bystanders look on. The video was uploaded at around 1.38pm and has since received 19 Likes, 19 Shares and five comments. However, it has received several negative comments. Facebook user Cindy Antoinette Fernandez commented on the video, saying: "This video is very disrespectful to the victim and family." Mohd Hilmi Hassan wrote: "Tolong delete video ni (Please delete this video)." Facebook user Woei Hern commended the unidentified woman who comforted the woman believed to be Hussain's wife. "I'm glad at least one person put a consoling arm around her," she wrote. |
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