Fong Po Kuan calling for the suspension of National Service programme

Several DAP leaders are calling for the suspension or even the scrapping of the National Service programme.

Batu Gajah MP Fong Po Kuan said she had submitted a notice to table an emergency motion in Parliament following the latest death of another NS trainee.

“There have been many deaths, which goes to prove that the programme is a threat to the safety and health of those taking part.

“One death is already too many,” she told reporters Friday after paying a courtesy call to Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin at the State Secretariat here.

The latest casualty, 18-year-old Too Hui Min of Geo Kosmo National Service Training Camp in Kuala Kubu Baru, died at the Slim River Hospital on Wednesday at 10.45pm after complaining of constipation.

My comments:

I share the same feelings as Fong. When I read the newspaper today about the above incident, I told myself I wouldn't want my kids to take part in the national service. Just as I was thinking, I overheard my colleague said, " you all better don't send your kid to the national service." It is just unbelievable, when you send your kid there, he or she is alive, and few days later, he or she just died, returning with a dead body." They died at such a young age, just unthinkable.

林吉祥宣布冯宝君重回原区竞选

刚在上周日抛下一枚炸弹，宣布本届大选不在任何议席上阵的民主行动党“小辣椒”冯宝君，今日峰回路转，脸上有泪痕与党顾问林吉祥陪同下召开记者会，由林吉祥宣布冯宝君重回原区竞选。

冯宝君在记者会上，对她之前的不参选决定，对支持者和党所造成的伤害致歉。

记者会原定在今午1时举行，冯宝君迟至下午1时50分才在丈夫陈正春的载送下，抵达怡保东区竞选中心（记者会地点）。

她抵达现场时，受到百多名支持者的热烈欢迎和欢呼。林吉祥则是在1时半左右到场。

冯宝君出现，明显消瘦和憔悴不少，脸上有泪痕，看来是被现场的支持者所感动了。

当她在陈正春的陪同下进场时，支持者高举双手，喊“小辣椒回来了”，“我爱你”等等，接着支持者陆续送上黄玫瑰和红玫瑰，以示对冯宝君的爱戴。

现场出席的党领袖，包括全国副主席古拉、苏建祥、龚明勋、许月凤、黄文标及陆致仁等候选人。

记者会上，首先由民主行动党领袖林吉祥宣布冯宝君重返华都牙也，过后冯宝君就用英文宣读她的新闻文稿。

在林吉祥向记者声明不要询问任何有关冯宝君的问题之下，冯宝君读完文稿后，没有任何发言，只是向支持者说谢谢。她在下午2时10分就离开了现场。

冯宝君在宣布弃选后为什么可以回来？ 因为她始终没有讲过一句伤害DAP的话，最重的一句话也不过是民主行动党霹雳州的内部有斗争；当然她的弃选的宣布的确伤了DAP。

她所收到的支持力量是强大的，来自DAP，党外的，全国各地的，国外的，单单网上留言就有784封。你不要以为784很少，如果你没有支持者，可能你一个都没有。留言在增加中，还有SMS，报上文告，电话等等。

她宣布归队的记者会没有得询问，主要不要让人公开讨论DAP党的问题。 林吉祥很会处理。