NS Deaths stands at 19

This is a no-brainer statement:

March, 2nd [Bernama]

Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said the number of deaths in the programme was comparatively small.

"While we are very sympathetic over the deaths, we feel that the reporting should not be overblown.

"From 2004 to 2007, about 240,000 NS trainees underwent the courses with only eight deaths. In other words, with a population of 240,000, the rate of death is in fact much smaller than that in the general population," he told reporters after attending the MCA Central Committee meeting here today.

Chua said that under normal circumstances, the mortality rate of those aged between 17 and 18 years in this country was 1 in 1,000 persons.

0% says: You can say this, so long as it is not your own son or daughter.
#$%@&*!! - a death is a death, somebody's daughter DIED b'cos she was selected for this idiotic NS thingie. SCRAP THE NS PROGRAM! Don't let the youngs die for nothing.