Zahid defends security laws, urges Pakatan to keep BN's good 'legacies'


Umno president and opposition leader Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says it is unfair to put down all the policies and agencies set up by the previous Barisan Nasional administration. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, July 19, 2018.

UMNO president and opposition leader Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said preventive security laws adopted during his time as home minister had successfully lowered crime rates, and urged the Pakatan Harapan government not to dismantle policies for the sake of destroying Barisan Nasional’s legacy.

Zahid (BN-Bagan Datuk), formerly the deputy prime minister, said the new government’s call to review and remove laws like the Prevention of Terrorism Bill 2015, Prevention of Crime Act, and Security Offences (Special Measures) Act would endanger the country’s security.


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  • Which measures of your worked la, Zahid?Are you referring to drops in crime rate that were so significant until we could stop paying more to pay for neighbourhood security services? Wait a minute, that didn't happen, right?

    Posted 5 years ago by Rock Hensem

  • "He said PH would not be able to cover development expenses in West Malaysia after giving so much back to East Malaysia, adding that the government was strangling itself."

    So it's true that BN has been shortchanging East Malaysia all these while then. Thanks for the confirmation.

    Posted 5 years ago by Gerald Lau

  • Islamic State activities may be our biggest emerging security threat. Church bombings have already occurred in Indonesia..

    Posted 5 years ago by MELVILLE JAYATHISSA

  • Actually there could be enough for everyone & everything with a people-centric govt like Pakatan Harapan?..

    Posted 5 years ago by MELVILLE JAYATHISSA

  • Nothing good implementation by BN except to make them more hardships

    Posted 5 years ago by FM CHEN

  • Legacies? Who cares about BN legacies. Good to BN more often than is not good to people and those outside BN. PH is going to do whats right for the people

    Posted 5 years ago by NA Bayezid

  • Yeap what legacies are you talking about. All your legacies left a sour taste in our mouth. I am glad we have the chance to make right what you done wrong. People will only remember you and BN for the massive corruption you done. Full stop. While you are still MP, pls make right what you have done wrong.

    Posted 5 years ago by Ho Seng Tan