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Tun Musa Hitam this Friday claimed that he was not the acting prime minister on the day of the Memali incident in 1985 because the then prime minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, was present in the country.
Musa, a former deputy prime minister, said that on that day, Nov 19, 1985, he and the then acting Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Mohd Amin Osman met Dr Mahathir at his office and Mohd Amin briefed him on what had happened. The briefing was on the police operation in Memali, which had resulted in the deaths of four policemen and 14 civilians, he said in a statement issued here. “At the meeting, I asked Dr Mahathir to postpone a China visit on three grounds: the incident occurred in Kedah, the home state of the prime minister; the incident involved Malays who professed Islam.(And) by postponing the visit to China, Dr Mahathir would have portrayed that he had given priority to and showed concern for an incident that happened in the country,” he said.
Musa said he made known his report on the Memali incident in the Parliament to Dr Mahathir who, at that time, insisted on going to China. “I tabled the report on the Memali incident in the Dewan Rakyat on the following day and convened a meeting with the media,” he said. “As the home minister (then), I outlined a general guide, issued a reminder and instructed the police on two things, that the law must be complied with and they should avoid violence and bloodshed,” he said.
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