IT was the police and not City Hall (DBKL) that had demanded the scrapping of the swimsuit segment in the Miss Astro Chinese International Pageant (Macip), said Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng today.
“I was informed that DBKL had given Astro the approval to organise the swimsuit segment in the Macip competition,” he said, clarifying that the order to bar the swimsuit event came from Sentul district police chief S. Shanmugamoorthy.
Media reports that the city council had not given its approval of the swimsuit segment were inaccurate, Lim added.
Lim said all licences issued by DBKL were subjected to the views and feedback of the police, and in this case it fell under the jurisdiction of the Sentul police as the event was held at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre.
“On that note, I was informed by Sentul police chief Tuan ACP S. Shanmugamoorthy that he had decided to advise and impose the condition that there shall not be a swimsuit segment in the 2019 Macip.”
Lim disagreed with the “petty” condition imposed by the police chief as the segment has been a part of the pageant for 20 years without a problem.
Lim said KL lawmakers were unable to help Astro as it had broken the regulations by submitting its application for approval too late.
Astro had applied for approval from the police about five days before the December 21 event. The law requires the broadcaster to apply for a permit at least 10 days prior to the event. – December 23, 2019.
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Who gave them that right? This ACP needs to be disciplined.
All the more reason why the IPCMC is long overdue.
Errant policemen who overstep the boundaries of their duties should be brought to book.
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