Sub that couldn't dive: Police report lodged against MP and reporter from the Malay Mail  
The Paper That Cares broke the story about our first submarine being unable to dive due to a technical defect in February this year. The report by Marhalim Abas was confirmed by the Navy after the flaw was fixed. On July 8, Marhalim wrote again about the same submarine having problems with diving. This was refuted by Mindef on July 11, which The Malay Mail published without hesitation (see story below). Now, more than a month later, Mindef has lodged a police report against Marhalim over his July 8 story.

Once again, the reporter ends up as collateral in the games some politicians like to play. Read here.
Navy denies sub has problems diving SITI NURSURAYA ALI Sunday, July 11th, 2010 18:57:00 PETALING JAYA: The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) has refuted claims the country's first submarine KD Tunku Abdul Rahman (KD TAR) has problems diving.
In a letter dated July 8, RMN Admiral (Laksmana Madya) Datuk Mohammed Noordin Ali denied The Malay Mail's report on Friday 'No dive for sub.. yet again'.
Noordin wrote: "The facts in the article was not true and it did not mention the true status of the submarine at current time. As a submarine operating nation, the security and strategic asset capability of the country should always be a priority.
"The RMN is also concerned by the publication of information on national assets in regard its strategic asset readiness as there are parties who can manipulate the issue and use it for their own interests. Generally, no country will publicise theit strategic asset readiness to the public."
Noordin also wrote: "We appreciate and value The Malay Mail's interest in publicising all matters regarding the RMN as the exposure will bring the duties of the navy closer to the people and at the same time boosting the image of the RMN and the Malaysian military in general."


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Published 2010-08-20
Tracked 2010-08-20
Channel Government
Language English
Media Professional Blogs
Country Malaysia