Defense requirements or military action against M'sia’s own citizens

National Service (NS) director-general Abdul Hadi Awang Kechil stated his government’s intent to prepare enough volunteers for national call-up to complement the army reserve unit, the civil defence corps and the police force.
Abdul Hadi cited the NS Act 1952 which allowed NS trainees to join at least one uniformed volunteer unit during emergencies.
He said, “The participation of volunteers will breed patriotic citizens to defend the country in times of crisis. The NS programme is aimed at churning out a young generation of reservists to join the uniformed units in line with the Act.”
Since 2007, 44,731 former NS participants had joined the armed forces reservist army and since 2009, 44,095 had joined as police volunteers whilst 4,755 had joined the civil defence corps. Abdul Hadi was present at a ceremony to launch the civil defence and Rela office in Pasir Mas.
Earlier this week, the Home Ministry's secretary-general Mahmood Adam announced plans for three million members of Rela, the Civil Defence and non-governmental organisations (NGO) to patrol the streets from August, to help the police tackle street crimes.
Under this new plan, Mahmood said that ‘Rela would also serve as the eyes and ears of the government by gathering information on the needs of the people at the grassroots level’.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak was in Turkey to increase bi-lateral ties between the two countries.
Najib announced the “strategic” relationship with Turkey and signed several accords, among them a $600 million (RM1.8 billion) deal for armoured vehicles production.
Earlier, Turkish defence industry company FNSS signed a deal with Malaysian partner Deftech to develop and manufacture 257 armoured vehicles for the Malaysian army.
According to the Anatolia news agency, the deal was worth about $600 million, and had boosted Turkey's fledgling defence industry sector. Other Turkish firms signed deals to modernise Malaysian military aircraft and their electronic warfare systems.
It is significant that of all the press releases on Najib’s visit to Turkey, we only know two things. First: the First Lady Rosmah Mansor, was in Istanbul to receive a prize from the mayor because they were impressed with her services in social work. Second: the procurement of armaments or trade between the two countries which centred on defence issues.
It is significant that Mahmood of the Home ministry announced his army of spies to be made up of Rela and NGO volunteers. He mentioned a figure of 3 million volunteers.
Today, the NS director-general announced plans for NS trainees to serve alongside the security forces.
All this talk about millions to “defend the country” in “an emergency” is worrying. Equally worrying is the emphasis of arms as reported by the MSM during Najib’s trips.
As a country, are we preparing for an invasion or are we merely in a state of readiness to thwart any invasion? There are others who fear that the weaponry and rag-tag army of Rela and NS trainees will bloat the ranks of the armed forces and police, in an effort to control and subjugate its own people.
Events in the middle-east and north Africa, seem to suggest that the troubles there have alarmed the BN administration.
A few weeks ago, we were told that RM1 billion would be spent on 6 Offshore Patrol Vehicles.
They say that the first casualty of war is truth. But we are not at war nor in armed conflict and we enjoy a good relationship with our neighbours. Nevertheless, the amount we are spending on military hardware is staggering.
So what falsehoods and lies will Najib present to us to justify the importance of his military spending?