PARLIAMENT, July 3 – The Prime Minister assured all Malaysians that there were no security issues in the country and that the current police and army exercise was nothing to worry about.
"Malaysia is safe and stable. Please don't get overexcited about what is happening. There are a lot of rumours. Please don't believe them. Don't panic, " said Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi after chairing the Northern Corridor Economic Region board's first meeting today.
"Rumours here. There are rumours there. It is as if, rumours have the run of the place (bermaharajalela). I am not so far wrong to say that Malaysians are very gullible," he said.
Part of the anxiety can be attributed to the shutdown of Bursa Malaysia. Even though it was due to a technical glitch, the rumour mill worked overtime in coming up with various stories about the unprecedented market shutdown.
"At the same time I don't want people to say I am in a state of denial. Many things are cropping up but this is not the first time, it happens every time there is an Umno election."
On the matter of rallies, he said: "Then there is the matter of rallies... which are being done by Anwar. People join these rallies, but when the situation looks like it's getting unstable, they get scared and start selling (shares) and such. I don't understand this."
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