Media Statement by Ngeh Koo Ham in Ipoh on Monday, 28^th December 2009:

Selangor Police Chief, Deputy Commissioner Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar unfit to be a police officer. Call for him to undergo medical examination to see if he suffers from schizophrenic tendencies

The recent remarks by Selangor Police Chief, Deputy Commissioner, Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar show that he is unfit to be a police office and may be suffering from schizophrenic tendencies.

Has the Chief Minister of Penang YAB Lim Guan Eng committed any offence when he opined that Teoh Beng Hock could have been killed or murdered? The police regularly classify a case as murder when a killing occurred before initiating an investigation. Have the police committed an offence? The freedom of speech and expression is guaranteed under Article 10 of the Federal Constitution and if Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar is ignorant of this legal provision he is unfit to be a police officer.

When have our 121,000 strong police force become so weak that the statement by Seri Kembangan State Assemblyman who is also an Executive Councillor of the Selangor State Government, Ean Yong Hian Wah to request the police to stop investigating YAB Lim Guan Eng caused the police force to be intimidated? How can we expect the police to protect us from criminals and organized crimes if they are so easily intimidated? I believe the police force is not so easily intimidated and if Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar is intimidated, he may be suffering from schizophrenic tendencies and need medical check up to see if he is still fit to be a law enforcer.

Ean Yong Hian Wah is right to say that the police force should be spending more time combating crimes rather than to be come agents of BN to find fault with PR politicians.

* Ngeh Koo Ham; Perak DAP Chairman & MP for Beruas