Cops faint, causing PM to cut speech

Heatwave causes policemen at police parade to faint.

PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Najib Razak had to cut his speech short after several policeman at a police parade began fainting.

They were apparently overcome by the heat and long wait on the parade ground, reported NST Online today.

Najib only spoke for about five minutes at the Police Training Centre (Pulapol) in Jalan Semarak, Kuala Lumpur, the report said.

It said about 1,000 policemen were standing under the scorching sun then.

Najib said: “Before I got up to give this speech, my wife whispered to me to make this speech KISS — Keep It Short and Simple — due to the weather.

“I believe that it will do no justice to the parade if I give a long speech here while they (the policemen) are standing under the hot sun.”

The parade was dismissed 15 minutes after the speech after they sang the police anthem and took the oath.

NST Online reported that at least 15 policemen fainted during the parade.