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The police arrest of 16 participants of the peaceful Black 505
flashmob at the Sogo shopping centre vicinity in Kuala Lumpur,
including women and one child, has raised many questions about the role
of the police in ensuring public peace and order as well as upholding
human rights which are not complimentary to the police force.
The first question is whether it is not possible for the police to ensure public peace and order as well as uphold human rights without having to arrest the 16 people, including women and a child – bearing in mind Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s boast of wanting to make Malaysia the world’s best democracy?
The second question is whether the former Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad is now cracking the whip in the Barisan Nasional government as it is only yesterday that he urged the government to be “tough and not to give face” to the Opposition which he alleged to “continue to insult the nation’s democratic system”?
'War' against crime rings hollow, as focus still on the Opposition & not criminals
Last Saturday, Najib launched a highly-publicised war against crime, and the most powerful critique is not that it came four years too late, resulting in crime becoming the number one worry among Malaysians, exceeding their concern about bread-and-butter issues, but that it marked a new fear of crime among Malaysians.
This is the mass armed gang robbery of shop owners and customers at restaurants and eateries, starting with an open air steamboat restaurant in Cheras by a group of 10 persons armed with parangs and iron rods who robbed more than RM20,000 from the owner and patrons, which has been followed up by a spate of similar crimes of mass armed gang robberies at open restaurants in Kepong, Cheras, Kajang and Petaling Jaya in the past few nights.
Crime in Malaysia seems to have reached a level where criminals are not afraid of the police anymore.
Nobody is impressed by the establishment of a Crime Prevention Department, whose first job is to commission an independent international consultant, Frost and Sullivan, to conduct a study on the level of public satisfaction regarding the effectiveness of police service and their sense of security in the country.
This study is to be done in two phases with the first phase expected to be completed by the end of the year. Second phase to take another year?
Clik here to view.
The police arrest of 16 participants of the peaceful Black 505
flashmob at the Sogo shopping centre vicinity in Kuala Lumpur,
including women and one child, has raised many questions about the role
of the police in ensuring public peace and order as well as upholding
human rights which are not complimentary to the police force.The first question is whether it is not possible for the police to ensure public peace and order as well as uphold human rights without having to arrest the 16 people, including women and a child – bearing in mind Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s boast of wanting to make Malaysia the world’s best democracy?
The second question is whether the former Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad is now cracking the whip in the Barisan Nasional government as it is only yesterday that he urged the government to be “tough and not to give face” to the Opposition which he alleged to “continue to insult the nation’s democratic system”?
'War' against crime rings hollow, as focus still on the Opposition & not criminals
Last Saturday, Najib launched a highly-publicised war against crime, and the most powerful critique is not that it came four years too late, resulting in crime becoming the number one worry among Malaysians, exceeding their concern about bread-and-butter issues, but that it marked a new fear of crime among Malaysians.
This is the mass armed gang robbery of shop owners and customers at restaurants and eateries, starting with an open air steamboat restaurant in Cheras by a group of 10 persons armed with parangs and iron rods who robbed more than RM20,000 from the owner and patrons, which has been followed up by a spate of similar crimes of mass armed gang robberies at open restaurants in Kepong, Cheras, Kajang and Petaling Jaya in the past few nights.
Crime in Malaysia seems to have reached a level where criminals are not afraid of the police anymore.
Nobody is impressed by the establishment of a Crime Prevention Department, whose first job is to commission an independent international consultant, Frost and Sullivan, to conduct a study on the level of public satisfaction regarding the effectiveness of police service and their sense of security in the country.
This study is to be done in two phases with the first phase expected to be completed by the end of the year. Second phase to take another year?
