"Riots" to erupt in Penang? Outrageous!

This election campaign gets weirder and weirder. Check out this Bernama report.

‘Riots’ To Erupt In Penang This Weekend

PENANG, Feb 25 (Bernama) -- Large-scale “riots” and “chaos” will erupt in several parts of Penang on Saturday and Sunday but police are requesting Penangites not to panic.

Penang OCPD Datuk Othman Talib said the “fights” and “riots” were part of police training in the run-up to the general elections. Read the full report.

Strangely it doesn't appear to have been picked up in the media on 26 Feb. Maybe we will see it in tomorrow's papers.

In an immediate reponse, Aliran said it was shocked to learn that "large-scale riots and chaos" will be enacted by the police as part of their training in the run-up to the general election. This two-day affair would involve 1,400 personnel drawn from various agencies including the Federal Reserve Unit.

It is difficult to believe that the police have hit upon this brilliant idea quite suddenly, the groups said. "This whole exercise is clearly orchestrated to benefit the Barisan Nasional." Read Aliran's full response.