Raya aid for cops, soldiers
Story by Chan Lilian
Pix by Darwina Mohd. Daud
AT a simple ceremony at Komtar on July 10, servicemen and police personnel received RM10,000 each from the Penang state government.
On hand to give away the contributions were Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, Deputy Chief Minister I Datuk Mohd. Rashid Hasnon, Penang State Secretary Datuk Seri Farizan Darus and political secretary to the Chief Minister Wong Hon Wai who is also the Air Itam assemblymember.
Caption : (From left) Farizan, Rashid, Lim, Mior and Mardzuki at the event.
Northeast district police chief ACP Mior Faridalatrash Wahid and Brig-Gen Panglima Mardzuki Muhamad received the RM10,000 cheques on behalf of the police and soldiers respectively.
Lim in his short speech said: “With the GST imposed, the rakyat may feel the impact. So, the Penang state empathises and wishes to contribute to the servicemen and policemen for keeping the state safe. Although the amount is not much, we hope it will help in making this Raya more cheerful for them.”
Meanwhile, Mardzuki said: “Thank you to the Penang state. We will continue to cooperate and work with the state to ensure security and safety of the people as we are entrusted to do.”
“We are happy to inform that in the same period compared to last year, the crime rate has reduced by 26.1%. The police force will continue to carry out our duty,” Mior said.