The Royal Malaysian Police should step in to investigate without fear or favour to determine if any crime relating to riot or illegal assembly act had been breached during the mad rush that left 30 taxi drivers injured.
In a program organized by Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) which was launched by caretaker prime minister Najib Abdul Razak yesterday, some 10,000 taxi drivers were rushing to grab vouchers for fuel aid worth RM800 each.
Based on universal standards and common sense, as the organiser of the event, SPAD should be fully responsible for any untoward incident that occurred during the distribution of the petrol vouchers as a result of poor organisation and bad planning of the event.
Some taxi drivers have put the blame on SPAD for the disastrous organization. SPAD cannot therefore put the blame solely to the rowdy few. Someone could have been killed during the incident!
Had SPAD taken the required precautions in order to avoid such foreseeable incident? How did the incident turn sour and who created the havoc?
The authorities cannot take lightly, in particularly the police cannot close an eye on SPAD’s possible negligence that involved a gathering of 10,000 participants.
The public are also interested to know whether SPAD needed or not to notify the police at least 10 days prior to the event as per the requirements under the Peaceful Assembly Act.