Tuesday September 6, 2011
Failure to listen cost a life
Comment by MERGAWATI ZULFAKAR
merga@thestar.com.my
There was sound advice from an advance team that the Somalia aid mission should be put on hold. However, it is said that the advice was not heeded. Now, a family, friends and colleagues mourn a wasteful loss.
JUST three days before the Putera 1Malaysia Club Malaysian volunteers left for Somalia on Aug 28, a seven-member reconnaissance team comprising government officials, a high-ranking military officer and media members arrived in Mogadishu.
Their objective was to check the security situation and secure the safety of Malaysians from the Somalis for the humanitarian mission.
Media members were also included as they were supposed to give feedback how best their colleagues could do their job when they arrive in Somalia.
The recce team’s verdict?
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