GE14 | BN's Ahmad Zahid Hamidi wants the 14th general election to be the cleanest and most peaceful ever held.

He said to ensure a peaceful situation throughout GE14, the police have been directed to focus on flashpoints and hotspot areas that have been identified nationwide.

“The police intends that despite being identified as flashpoints and hotspots areas, we don’t want any chaos to happen. We ask that there be no disagreements or chaos that create unsafe situations in these areas,” he told a media conference in George Town today.

Earlier, Zahid visited the Penang Police Contingent headquarters.

He reminded the police not to favour any party and act professionally in carrying out their duties in accordance with established SOPs.

"Overall, the police have been ready to make sure all the phases of preparedness are fully adhered to in ensuring public security and peace,” he said.

Asked if the police were focusing on any state, he said there was no particular focus on certain states, but all actions were based on intelligence reports received and experience during the previous general election.

"All states, regardless of BN administration or opposition will be given the same attention based on flashpoints. BN controlled states also have flash points," he said.

No damage

Zahid also called on all parties to respect the logo used by parties contesting in the GE14 and to not damage or take down the party flags throughout the campaign period.

"If there are parties who change their symbol to one symbol for common use, or if the party cannot use the symbol of the party concerned but use the same symbol, we should respect it.

"I do not want incidents of tearing down or damaging any party flags. We hope the party machinery will monitor and the police will help to ensure such incidents do not happen in any place," he said.

Earlier, when addressing the event,  Zahid assured that the police would act professionally in accordance with the phases of the electoral process to safeguard the security of the people and country.

"Police must implement zero defect. I don’t want any defects. The people expect us and we have to work hard,” he said.

He said even though there were differences in political views, in terms of national security all parties needed to be united.

"I ask the people to fully trust the police and the armed forces in carrying out their duties throughout the election," he added.

He also announced an allocation of RM3 million to upgrade the Penang contingent police headquarters and another RM1 million for all district police headquarters in the state.

- Bernama