GULFNEWS.COM: Stresses zero-tolerance policy against those indulging in army slur
Manama: King Hamad Bin Eisa Al Khalifa has warned of a zero-tolerance response to the denigration of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF).
“We have these days heard about voices and platforms fueling hatred and abusing freedom of expression,” King Hamad said. “The matter has worsened to the point of disrespecting the Bahrain Defence Force. Our armed forces are the protectors of the nation’s achievements and everybody must know that whoever disrespects the forces or its leaders is in fact abusing us,” the monarch said as he visited the BDF headquarters and met the top brass on Wednesday.
King Hamad who founded the BDF in 1968 while he was crown prince, said that no irreverence towards Bahrain’s beliefs, social values and armed forces in the name of freedom of opinion would be accepted. » | Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief | Thursday, June 14, 2012
