Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was barred by police from speaking at the Nothing2Hide dialogue session. Five minutes into Dr Mahathir’s speech, several police officers stepped onto stage and asked the former premier to stop giving his talk.
The dialogue session Nothing2Hide between Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak
and NGOs was earlier cancelled by IGP Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar for
safety reasons. It is ironic that the main character is 'hiding' from an event called Nothing2Hide. At 10.20 am, organisers, SukaGuam, announced that the event had to be
postponed indefinitely after a commotion outside Dewan Tun Hussein Hall
here.
The session was originally arranged to begin at 10am where Najib would answer the public's queries
on 1Malaysia Development Berhad among others.
Former prime minister Dr Mahathir was offered the chance to speak when Najib did not turn up.
Dr Mahathir, who has been very critical of Najib and his administration lately, had turned up as early as 9.15am.
Earlier, a spokesperson for the organising secretariat tried to
placate an increasingly restless crowd inside the hall, saying they were
trying to convince the IGP to allow the event to continue.
Dr. Mahathir was apparently very disappointed with the absence of the Prime Minister. Mahathir told a press conference that:
“He lost an opportunity to win over support for himself, to explain everything.... no money is missing, or if what Arul said was true, he has that opportunity to explain but he miss that opportunity.”
“He lost an opportunity to win over support for himself, to explain everything.... no money is missing, or if what Arul said was true, he has that opportunity to explain but he miss that opportunity.”
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