Don Noh Omar, the New Godfather of Internal Security

Yesterday Deputy Internal Security Minister Datuk Noh Omar said:

"If foreigners think that Malaysia police are brutal, please go back to their own countries and not to stay here."

This is what he had factually said and this is the evidence and the text of his speech.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah responded:

"Noh Omar had touched on the government's policy on tourism which really welcomed foreigners whether they visit, study, receive medical treatment or conduct business operations here."

"The government servants should be more sensitive and careful when issuing statements on the issue. I reprimanded him on his remarks which is highly inappropriate. "

"His statement is totally against the government's policy and stand on foreign visitors and tourists, where we welcome all of them."


Immediately after the Prime Minister's seething response, the deputy minister quickly called a press conference to issue a statement of denial and at the same time, offered an apology. In the opinion of BBC News, Mr Noh's apology was grudging at best.

This is what he said:

"I deny saying that if they (foreigners) don't like it, they can go back. That's not right. If there is such a quote, it might have been misintepreted. I apologise to anyone who had been offended."

"If the foreigners have found the police to be cruel and the country unsafe, surely they would have gone back a long time ago. That's what I meant."

Aiyo. Datuk Noh, We had heard your statement. The words are clear and unambiguous. Unless you want us to interprete it using the golden rule or purposive rule, or even contextual rule, then it could possibly be interpreted to mean otherwise.

But those rules of interpretation are only applied by the judges of the law to interpret the statute, not a simple speech and almost all layman like us have not the skills to do so.

So, you should have expressly informed during the speech that your words are to be interpreted using the judicial mechanism of statutory interpretation.

And ... you see, even the way you stand and behave as with the picture taken, you have protrude yourself like a samseng, a godfather of sort, and somewhat look like Don Corleone ... any foreigners who look at this picture feared for their safety because they seem to have the presumption that Malaysian Parliamentarians are mostly mafia styled in the mould of Al Pacino and his infamous Godfather Michael Corleone and the sicilian connection or Columbian connection.

Can you be more modest and less samseng outlook? Please, boleh kah? Maybe, please try imitate Alain Delon or if not Danny DeVito