COMMENT Slay the messenger that bears the bad news. If you can't exactly throttle him, then hector and hassle him to the extent that he has goose pimples every time he sits down to write something about you.

That was Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's tack towards Malaysiakini at least when he held a press conference yesterday at which the media wanted comments from him about the auditor-general's latest report on the loss of RM1.3 million worth of equipment by the police force.

The report revealed that 156 handcuffs, 44 weapons and 29 vehicles were missing when the auditors compiled an inventory of items that the force was supposed to have...