| 1999-09-23 | The Consequences Of A Death Not Foretold It is in this light that I question Tan Sri Norian Mai's sincerity
in this affair of Dr Tai Eng Teck. Because of the political
reverberations of this case, he is quick to suggest a possible murder
charge even before investigations are completed. It is good, of course,
the police act as quickly as they now promise. But it is this highly
selective approach that I question. When the just sacked deputy prime
minister, shackled and blindfolded, is assualted to near death by the
inspector-general of police (Tan Sri Norian Mai's predecessor) before
arrest formalities were completed, the same police department dragged
their feet (and continue to) in its investigations. When a serious
charge was expected after a Royal Commission of Inquiry, he is charged
with a minor offence. If the Police want to regaim some of their lost
link with the public, it should, while charging the killers of the
doctor with attempted murder or worse, bring Tan Sri Rahim Noor and
charge him with the most serious offence he could be charged with what
he did. The government should also ensure that senior appointments are
not subjected to political considerations: Tan Sri Norian's appointment
was delayed because it was perceived in the highest levels of the
government that he had an independent mind and would not have, if it
came to that, beaten Dato' Seri Anwar senseless.
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