FEBRUARY TABLING OF BILL ON POLICE

KUALA TERENGGANU (Malaysia), Jan 16 (Bernama) -- Malaysian Prime Minsiter
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will table the bill on the police force and enforcement
agencies at the of the Lower House of Parliament sitting next month.

The prime minister said Friday the bill was the last of three on reforms to
three institutions, namely the judiciary, Anti-Corruption Agency and the police,
that he had promised earlier.

"These three bills are very important to our people," he told the Chinese
community in this capital of east coast state of Terengganu Friday.

Abdullah said the successful tabling of the other two bills -- the Malaysian
Anti-Corruption Commission and Judicial Appointments bills -- and their
subsequent passing by Parliament showed the government's determination to
implement reform.

He said that despite the obstructions encountered before the tabling of the
bills, the government persevered because it wanted to fight corruption and
enhance transparency.

"If there is opposing opinion we have to deal with it. The Opposition is
being the Opposition. They oppose and we have to defend ourselves," he said.

He also promised to implement all the reforms promised even after retiring.

Abdullah, who arrived in Terengganu Thursday, ended his visit by having
breakfast with the Chinese voters in the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary
constituency who will go to the polls Saturday.

On Thursday he performed the ground-breaking ceremony for the maternity
specialist complex and psychiatry complex of the Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital
here and met the youth in the state.
-- BERNAMA