Riot order: avoid Middle Eastern men - smh.com.au
By Andrew Clennell - February 4, 2006
Police were ordered not to approach convoys of men of Middle Eastern appearance who were heading towards beachside suburbs to take revenge for the Cronulla riots.
Police confirmed last night that the commander of their operations centre gave the order at 10.45pm on December 11 - but no recording of it had been made because of a technical failure.
The Opposition Leader, Peter Debnam, said yesterday that not only did the missing police radio communications include car registration numbers reported by police, but also "the instruction not to stop those cars".
Mr Debnam called for an investigation. "It will be a critical issue over the next few months to find out exactly why that instruction was issued … no doubt there'll be another scapegoat, but I think the Government's getting to the point where the next scapegoat will be [the Police Minister, Carl] Scully."
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