State polls: Kedah police remind politicians not to touch on 3R elements

ALOR SETAR - The Kedah Police reminds all parties to be careful with their words and actions in winning the people's hearts without touching on the 3R elements which are religion, royalty and race in the upcoming state polls.

State police chief Datuk Fisol Salleh said the public's responsibility was to uphold peace and no party should cause anger amongst each other.

"I want to remind that the police have established the 3R Special Investigation Team since March to deal with issues relating to religion, royalty and race.

"Any parties that try to play with these issues and there is proof of it in a form of video, do not attempt to deny it when police open the investigation papers," he said in a press conference at the Kedah police contingent headquarters, today.

Earlier, Fisol participated in the Kedah police contingent headquarters monthly assembly for the first time after reporting for duty as the new state police chief on June 6 replacing Datuk Wan Hassan Wan Ahmad who moved to Bukit Aman.

He also reminded organisers to inform the police of any gatherings planned to be held as per the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012.

He said organisers should take note to ensure that any activities carried out were not against the law.

"Recently, more gatherings were organised and the organisers must make sure that an application is made to the police to ensure that we can help in controlling the situation at the location," he said.

He added that the trend of organising large-scale convoys amongst political parties to attract youth participation were seen to be growing in popularity, but he hoped that the organisers would be concerned about road users.

"Don't simply do so because you wanted to show how many people are gathering, that some might not have a licence and road tax.

"It is necessary to ensure the group's movement is controlled and if any unwanted incidents occurred the police would not hesitate to take action," Fisol said.