Nazri backs Memali RCI, claims cops used disproportionate force

Joining in on the call for a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on the Memali incident, Umno supreme council member Nazri Abdul Aziz said the commission should probe whether the government’s use of force is justified.

As an Umno Youth leader at the time, Nazri said, he felt that the police had used disproportionate force against PAS leader Ibrahim Mahmood and his supporters.

The tourism and culture minister said this when asked at a press conference today whether he agreed with then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohammad’s claim that a fiery speech by PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang had led to the tragedy...