Lahid Datu StandoffWho is accountable for this National Security Breach?

Until today, there is not the single honourable chairman who is rebuilt to take the shortcoming for the lapse of confidence that resulted in the Lahad Datu standoff. Surely there contingency have been someone put in assign of the area, though has not asked his responsibilities.

If Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak is critical about safeguarding the sovereignty, confidence as good as reserve of the nation as good as the citizens, he would have held reason of the single or dual of the ground commanders as good as relieved them of their command.Only afterwards will the rakyat believe that the Prime Minister is not usually in carry out though that he is upon top of the situation as good as has his priorities right.

Since zero of that arrange is happening, we can usually design that, eventually, the censure will go to the lowest ranking soldiers, who will be indicted of sleeping upon the pursuit as good as for unwell to arise up their superiors. And additionally the constables who have failed to accumulate the comprehension before the penetration for actions to be taken before the invaders landed.

This was the position taken by the Najib himself, when he was interviewed during length by reporters upon Jul 9, 2000, after the Sauk incident.

When Najib was asked about the lapse of confidence during the 304 Army Camp that resulted in the arms heist by the Al-Maunah gang, his answer was that all the standing orders were already in place though the error was upon the couple of low-ranking soldiers who did not follow the instructions to the letter.

When queried about the capabilities of the comprehension operators, Najib pronounced the troops should have gathered prior report about the Al-Maunah activities as good a! s if he had been told of the impasse of the single army vital in the organisation earlier, for instance, he would have taken the little actions opposite the pronounced major.

As the Defence Minister then, it was improper for Najib to bob so low as to collect upon the turn of soldiers guarding the arms depot to shift the censure to. He should have reprimanded severely the division commander, or during the really slightest the band of soldiers commander, for unwell to ensure that units underneath their authority carried out their tasks jobs properly.

In other words, Najib is telling the rakyat that he can take action opposite soldiers or Police of the lowest rank only, though would not brave hold the Generals or Police chiefs.

The adults contingency certainly recollect how the people in the Klang Valley were terrified as good as lived in horror for almost dual months, in between May as good as Jun 1993, when the notorious Kalimuthu aka Bentong Kali went upon the rampage, as good as with just the single involuntary pistol, the 9mm Sig Sauer.

More than 200 troops personnel (me included) were deployed to lane him down as good as usually managed to get Bentong Kali upon Jun 29, 1993. And even then, usually after he had already killed sixteen people.

If the chairman can inflict that most casualties using just the single handgun, afterwards we would rather not imagine the repairs the Sulu militants in Lahad Datu can cause to the adults with the firepower they brought along with them, as reported.

Najib himself certified in that talk of Jul 2000 that he was shaken as good as could not nap good when told about the arms heist during the 304 Army Camp.

If he, as the Defence Minister then, could have such aroused feelings, afterwards he cannot design the citizens, especially those in Lahad Datu as good as the rest of the country, to be gallant of their reserve after meaningful about the armed penetration by the organisation of f! oreigner s who have been known to be seasoned fighters.

It is the avocation of the supervision of the day to yield the adults with unchanging updates upon these situations, similar to what was finished during the operations opposite Bentong Kali as good as the Al-Maunah group, to name the few.

It would be wrong as good as irresponsible for the supervision to downplay the Lahad Datu penetration or censor the truth from her own citizens, who might be held off ensure should any of the intruders trip by the cordon.

Our sovereignty, the pride, the confidence as good as reserve have been being threatened as good as put underneath siege by hundreds of armed invaders as good as the Prime Minister is observant that the rakyat do not have the right to know?

It is the unhappy as good as annoying situation that Malaysians have been forced to dependon headlines as good as statements from President Benigno Aquino III, as good as the Malacanang orator to get the improved bargain of the tangible state of confidence of the own country, instead of conference it from the really own Prime Minister or Home Affairs Minister (right).

Is the PM being fair to the people in this regard? He should reassess his position. Why no troops involvement?Malaysians have been wondering, as good as most have been asking, why the troops appears to be sidelined instead of being mobilised to assistance solve the standoff, since the penetration has become the inhabitant confidence issue as good as is of public interest.

My tummy feeling tells me that Najib is worried that if the troops is endangered in this operation, it will rise in to an additional "standoff" within the Lahad Datu standoff.

This time, it will be in be! tween th e Police commanders as good as the Army field commanders, who will be arguing over who is to be in-charge of the total operation, who is to get the most media as good as TV coverage, who is to be cited as the hero during the finish of the day as good as who is to be awarded an additional medal as good as title. This will be the some-more long drawn-out as good as difficult issue to settle than the tangible deadlock itself.

Seriously we am not trying to lift the quick the single here. Neither is it my goal to belittle both the current troops as good as troops commanders or to embarrass anyone, dead or alive. we am still part of the big family, as good as so have been my brother as good as in-laws, despite all in retirement.

This "standoff within the stand-off" did happen in genuine life, during the Bukit Jenalik, Sauk, incident. The subject of who is the "real hero" in the surrender of those Al-Maunah arms raiders between, Lt-Gen Zaini Mohd Said as good as ASP Abdul Razak Mohd Yusof , has not been resolved fully until today, after almost thirteen years.

As far as Najib is concerned, it's Zaini, who "single-handedly" brought the Al-Maunah arms heist as good as warrant deadlock to the finish. Only God knows how he came to this conclusion. But as far as the former IGP Norian Mai as good as the Police have been concerned, the genuine hero is ASP Abdul Razak, who during the time of situation was the Chief Inspector based with the General Operations Force in Ulu Kinta.

According to the former IGP, it was Abdul Razak who, by invariably arguing "religion" with the Al-Maunah gang, managed to remonstrate the organisation to lay down their arms. Even when Zaini, who was afterwards Army field commander, as good as GOF Commander SAC II Abdul Hadi Mahmud went in with the confidence forces, Abdul Razak was already there as good as trying to calm both parties to ensure that no fight took place.

we would suggest that in order to equivocate complicating ! the alre ady difficult Lahad Datu standoff, it is improved to let IGP Ismail Omar finish his business as good as show us that he really knows what he is doing as good as keeping the adults updated.

Without the doubt, what the Sulu armed intruders have finished is waging fight opposite the Yang di-Pertuan Agong as good as Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sabah, irrespective of whichever point of view the single looks during it. No the single from the intruders should be authorised to get away scot free, underneath any circumstance. They contingency face the full weight of the laws as the halt to forestall others from following their footsteps. We should not be fearful as good as should omit any threats of plea from any quarter.

After all, the people have been already conditioned to threats of an additional "May 13" chaos receiving place as good as still they can go about their business as usual. Our people have already accepted the actuality that the chaos did take place as good as the hazard of history repeating itself will always be there, that the hazard will remain as the hazard forever. They will cranky the bridge when the time comes, if during all. The genuine losers have been the hatemongers.

What is before Najib now is an "Al-Maunah like standoff". we contingency say that Najib was utterly hands-on during the Sauk incident. Now, the adults who have always been underneath threats, the little of that were incited upon his own behalf, would be examination really closely how Najib handles the Lahad Datu deadlock instead.

The rakyat can decider either Najib's actions will be some-more or less, or reduction is more, as compared with the Al-Maunah standoff. If he does more, there will really be the backlash from certain quarters. If he does less, he will get some! -more wh acking from the rakyat. So, he had improved find something in in between the "just nice" solution.

Good luck to the Prime Minister as good as we should wish him well.

* Datuk Mat Zain Ibrahim is former chief of the Criminal Investigation Department, Kuala Lumpur Police. From Malaysian Insider.

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