Zainuddin Maidin Lies Through His Teeth

Information Minister Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin has refuted satellite television station Al Jazeera's claim that police had used force on hundreds of protesters here today.

He told the station that police had tried to disperse the protesters by using water cannons as the gathering was illegal. "When they refused to disperse, the police allowed them to march to Istana Negara to hand over a memorandum demanding for a clean and fair election.

"The police managed to handle the situation as best they could," he said over the phone in a live interview by Al Jazeera here.

He was responding to the illegal assembly organised by the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections or "Bersih" comprising 26 non-governmental organisations and which also involved opposition parties, to hand over the memorandum containing their demands, to Istana Negara.

Asked why Malaysia did not allow such gatherings, Zainuddin said they were unnecessary because general elections had been held without fail in this country and according to the scheduled dates.

The minister also hit out at Al Jazeera for having the wrong perception when posing questions.

Al Jazeera reporters had their own perceptions about Malaysia before coming here, he said, adding that "Malaysia is not Myanmar or Pakistan; it is a democratic country".

Zainuddin said many television viewers in Malaysia were laughing at the antics of the Al Jazeera reporter who seemed to be trying to portray the situation as ugly. "The reporter was seen shouting, so much so the situation seemed unreal to the viewers."

He also criticised Al Jazeera for only interviewing journalists known to be pro-opposition but not getting the government's views. (Bernama)

***** Lord Zam said, "general elections had been held without fail in this country and according to the scheduled dates." What he did not comment about was the fraud perpetrated by the ruling party with the active connivance of the boot licking Election Commission in every G.E. over the past few decades.

Zam also denied that the cops used force on the peaceful assembly. Then how would he wish to explain this video?

"Malaysia is not Myanmar or Pakistan; it is a democratic country," says the info-dictator. Only those in Umno will believe that poppycock claim. Most of the population is convinced that with the strategy the government employed in handling this issue, we are far, far away from being termed or even considered a true democracy. A 'shamocracy' is more accurate a description.

And for the information of this pathological liar called Zam, the people were not laughing at the Al Jazeera reporter. Why should they? He was after all depicting the truth. But right now they are guffawing at the pathetic lies spun by this aging and decrepit Umno warhorse who should have been put to pasture years ago.
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