The Bodyguards.

The simple truth is; whatever excuses or reasons given by the chairman of the Selangor Local Government Committee, the ratepayers would not be too happy about them! It would be ridiculous to swallow them whole!

If indeed the president of the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) was “threatened” in any way, then the police should be informed and let them handle that, not the enforcement officers, whose task are primarily to “issue summons” to the “poor and defenceless” rakyat!

What about the safety of the enforcement officers? What would they do if they were confronted by thugs or hired killers?

The more I read (in today’s papers), the more confused I became. What has the aggressive efforts by the council to crack down on illegal trading, gambling and entertainment activities got to do with the president? Was he the only one who decided on everything? What about the committee, don’t they have any say at all?

The MPSJ assistant public relations director, in coming to the president’s defence, said the move to have enforcement officers stationed nightly at the president’s house was cost effective.

And another councillor who sits in the finance committee confirmed that the move (to protect the president), was approved in September 2008. She said it was only a temporary measure until the situation goes back to normal!

I’m much more confused now! Only from May (presumably this year) they introduced the enforcement master plan, they claimed, caused dissatisfaction among the parties involved in illegal activities. But the protection for the president started in December 2008!

If you care to remember, Bukit Beruntung was not densely populated two to three years ago and was in a “hulu” area! Now I think I know the “real” reason, do you?