Letters to the Editor: Was it an alleged jump?

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Dear Editor,

THIS is with reference to your article titled "Alleged jump at RIPAS". I was one of the WhatsApp users receiving the unverified photo on the incident day (December 6, 2012).

The comment made by Inspector Pg Hj Yusra Pg Hj Mohammad, a public relations officer from the Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF), with regard to the incident has left me dismayed.

How can they leave a comment like that? "An alleged jump?" That's it? They can't even confirm if the individual was a patient when the circulated photo has made it pretty obvious that a male, who is wearing a patient uniform, was lying on the ground, surrounded by an emergency medical team from the hospital.

The PRO also said that the case was currently under investigation but never got back to the public to share details of the incident. Why do I want to know so bad? Because I could've been a distant relative to that person and it would've mattered. And how could such thing happen at a hospital? Aren't patients supposed to be under close supervision of the nurses and doctors on duty? So what's happening authorities? Enlighten us.

As for the news, it was better off unpublished.

Getting bored of government red tapes, BSB

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