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Netizens are seeing crimson over a video which confirmed a gaggle of Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) veterans standing beneath the recent solar.
The incident occurred through the one hundredth anniversary parade of veterans at Dataran Pahlawan Negara in Putrajaya just lately.
The veterans have been pressured to ‘sunbathe’ whereas listening to a speech by an officer beneath a tent.
Netizens expressed remorse that the army retirees are handled in such an thoughtless method.
They identified that the nation owes the veterans a debt of gratitude and an obligation of care, significantly after they develop well being issues on account of their army service.
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Money is King, King is Rakyat?
Mereka makan berhidang, rakyat berbungkus saja. Inikah kongsi kek bersama? Keluarga Malaysia?Kalau tak dapat bersama makan di dewan aircond, janganlah hanya bagi makanan bungkus dan biarkan mereka duduk makan di rumput.
Sediakan meja utk mereka! pic.twitter.com/ya33WxcpA5
— Ben (@ShazwanZdainal) Could 24, 2022
Netizens additionally drew comparability to a current incident through which college students have been made to eat whereas sitting on canteen ground.
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Veterans Are Entitled To Care
Former Defence Forces chief Gen (Rtd) Tan Sri Raja Mohamed Affandi expressed remorse on the incident.
He places the blame on the occasion organiser, which ought to have been way more thoughtful.
To begin with, the march parade is probably pointless. Camaraderie is well-established among the many military veterans. I’m assured the mutual respect is there. A symbolic parade would have suffice.
Former Defence Forces chief Gen (Rtd) Tan Sri Raja Mohamed Affandi commenting on the incident to TRP.
Camaraderie is the essence of what binds army models collectively, offering a cohesiveness among the many particular person members, which permits the unit to operate successfully as a collective entity.
Raja Affandi added that everybody ought to have dined collectively within the corridor.
He mentioned Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein is a caring chief who would have very a lot most popular to mingle with the rank and file.
I do know the defence minister very properly. He’s very approachable and at all times stay up for work together with the veterans.
Former Defence Forces chief Gen (Rtd) Tan Sri Raja Mohamed Affandi on Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein.
Tahun 2017 saya cadang dan lancar Blueprint Perumahan (BP) 1.0. Tahun 2019 BP 2.0 diwujudkan. Tadi saya umumkan pula BP 3.0. 12,733 RKMAT, lebih 10,000 rumah mampu milik; lebih banyak RKMAT akan digabung jadi 1 unit dan lebih ramai veteran ATM akan dapat manfaat perumahan. pic.twitter.com/R38QVPb5fv
— Hishammuddin Hussein 🇲🇾 (@HishammuddinH2O) Could 20, 2022
Elevated Funding For Veterans
In the meantime, Hishammuddin mentioned the federal government will announce excellent news for veterans of the ATM quickly.
The defence minister mentioned he had not been in a position to reveal particulars on the matter but.
We within the ministry have been working exhausting for 9 months, and we’re simply ready for the time to announce the matter.
Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein on excellent news for the veterans.
The Sembrong MP mentioned it can’t be introduced now as a result of there are issues involving different ministries aside from these associated to different departments within the Ministry of Protection in addition to issues that depend upon allocations.
Hishammuddin, who can also be Umno vice-president, made the remark in a press convention after the veterans’ parade.
He assured that any issues, together with the claims and needs of the ATM veterans, that could possibly be resolved, could be introduced instantly.
I actually have at all times put the welfare of ATM veterans as a precedence from the start and so long as I’m the Minister of Protection, consider me, my stance won’t ever change.
Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein reiterating his care and assist for the veterans.
Beforehand, ATM veterans, together with Armed Forces Veteran Affiliation (PVATM), fought for 5 key calls for: pension adjustment, subsistence allowance to non-pensionable veterans, pardon board for veterans, improved spinoff pension to widows and Pingat Jasa Malaysia (PJM) commemorative allowance.
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