Photojournalism | Thank You Mr. Bodyguard | 25th World Gas Conference 2012

© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak (Centre), President and Chief Executive Officer of Malaysia’s state oil firm Petronas, Shamsul Azhar Abbas (Left) and and President of the International Gas Union, Abdul Rahim Hashim (Right), arrive for the opening of the 25th World Gas Conference 2012 in Kuala Lumpur June 4, 2012.

© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Thank You Mr. Bodyguard

Good ob is a good job, and I’ve to say “Thank You Mr. Bodyguard” especially to the Malaysia’s Prime Minister’s Bodyguard for clearing the space to give a great photo opportunity for photojournalist to get a better uninterrupted view of our Prime Minister’s upon his arrival to the 25th World Gas Conference 2012 here in Kuala Lumpur recently.

Yes, sometimes the bodygurad are uncooperative, they walk in front of the bodyguard even though they know that the photographers are waiting at the end of the line to get the shot, I know that for a security reason they have to do what they are supposed to do, which is to protect our leader but during this International conference, the security is tight already, we have to go through scanners just like at the airport, before we can enter this building and it should be ok to let us take a better view of our Prime Minister.

I know that they took a greater risk to not walking in front of the Prime Minister but, who am I to tell them how to do their jobs. They know what they are doing and personally security level are vary from one occasion to another. Sometimes they have to guard our Prime Minister’s closely due to large crowd especially at the open space when Prime’e Minister’s meet the “Rakyat” or people like you and me  during Prime Minister’s Walkabout here and there.

But on this occasion (actually there are more) I’ve to say once again “Thank You Mr. Bodyguard” for giving us the opportunity to get a better shot of our Prime Minister’s, you took the risk and we get the shot. Thank you once again Mr. Bodyguard…