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ADUN SPEAKS | Tragic plight of retired personnel of armed forces
ADUN SPEAKS | Members of the armed forces both in service and those retired are the most loyal to the country.

The fact that the representatives of 300,000 retired armed forces personnel took part in a demonstration yesterday to bring to attention their long-standing woes suggests that something is not right with the government, or the country.

The representatives of these B40 groups asked the government to consider their demand for pensions for those retired from the services and the need for other welfare measures.

These are not new demands but have been raised before with the previous governments.

But unfortunately, they are not seriously addressed to this date.

For a segment of loyalists to demonstrate against the government means something is seriously wrong with the...


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