Malaysian Police Resources Over-Burdened with Tasks of Harassing Opposition Politicians and Civil Societies

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The PDRM (Police) and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) work hand-in-hand to cover each other’s criminal activities.

Remove their uniforms and it would be very hard to differentiate between the criminals and the law enforcers.

In fact, the law enforcers are worse than the criminals, as recent developments have proven beyond any shadow of doubt.Read here for more
-Raja Petra Kamarudin

Malaysian Police's Current Priority Tasks

• Police questioned political aides to Selangor executive councillors Ronnie Liu and Ean Yong Hian Wah over alleged links with underworld personalities .Ean Yong said two police officers from the Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Department and Multimedia and Cyber unit arrived unannounced at 12.30pm to question his administrative assistant Azar Ismail and Liu's assistant Siti Fairous Shohaime for 2½ hours. Read here for more
  
  
• Pakatan Rakyat leaders are crying “police brutality” over manhandling and arrest of Padang Serai parliamentarian N Gobalakrishnan just outside the nomination centre in Permatang Pasir. Gobalakrishnan was then handcuffed with his face to the road. The scuffle had ripped his pants, he was only in his underwear when the police carried him away on a stretcher. Read here for more
  
  
  
  
• Police arrived at Jelutong MP Jeff Ooi’s service centre here at 11am Sunday to record his statement on allegations that he insulted Islam.Read here for more
  
  
• Matek Anak Geram, an Iban farmer, a member of TAHABAS (Sarawak Native Customary Rights Network) and Committee Member of Jaringan Orang Asli SeMalaysia (JOAS) was arrested by the police on 13 August 2009 for the crime of allegedly restraining the workers of an oil palm plantation. Unarmed, he was taken into custody by 10- fully-armed police personnel at 8.45 am and detained for two hours at the Mukah Police Station and charged for allegedly wrongfully restraining the workers of an oil palm plantation company, Saradu Plantations Sdn. Bhd. under section 341 of the Penal Code before being released on bail. Read here for more
  
  
• The arrest of five lawyers from the Kuala Lumpur Legal Aid Centre by police on May 7, 2009, was not the first case as prior to that veteran lawyer Karpal Singh had been arrested and charged for allegedly uttering seditious words, and several other lawyers had also been charged in court. Bar Council chairperson Ragunath Kesavan told a Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) public inquiry today said what the Bar was concerned was how and why they (the KL Legal Aid Centre lawyers) were arrested by the police as they had gone to the police station to meet their clients who had called to say they were in police custody. Read here for more
  
  
• Police took statements from MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek h over his remarks on Ketuanan Melayu (Malay supremacy).Read here for more
  
  
• ISA arrests of Penarik Beca, Raja Petra Kamarudin, Teresa Kok, and journalist Tan Hoon Cheng
  

1st August - Protest Against ISA



MEANWHILE

Little Nurin Jazlin murdered on 17 September 2007
The murderer(s) yet to be brought to justice



Little Sharlinie Mohd Nashar
Missing since January 9, 2008.
Yet to be Found



11-year-old Muhamad Asmawi Jalaludin
Missing since 9 March 2008. Yet to be Found


The Royal Malaysian Police FARCE

by Dato Nur Jazlan

Excerpts: Read here for more

As a Member of Parliament, I used to defend the police when faced with numerous complaints from my constituents in Johor Baru. I told my constituents to have faith in the police as their alternative would be to pay for expensive personal security guards. No more.

More than a month ago, my trust and belief in the police force evaporated when my wife was mugged in broad daylight in her car at the front gate of my house by two men on a motorcycle. I certainly did not expect my wife to be violated right in front of my house.

The feedback I get back from the public in Kuala Lumpur and Johor Baru is that crime is on the rise in their neighbourhood. When I told them that the statistics point to a reduction in crime, they dismiss it and say many of them don’t bother to report petty thefts as they have no confidence that the culprits would be caught anyway. In fact, when they did make reports, many of them were told exactly that by the investigating police officers.

Crime rate had worsened over this period.

The Inspector General of Police, Tan Sri Musa Hassan has been given four years to transform the police force and restore people’s confidence, and he has FAILED thus far.

I think the current bad crime situation warrants extreme action.

The police force currently has more than 90,000 personnel. However only 30,000 of them are actually working the street beat.The other 60,000 are higher paid administration level staff filling paperwork in the office.

I am sure they would be more effective in ensuring the streets are safe than sitting in the office. If they refuse, then they should be given early retirement so that the police force is able to hire newer, more dedicated staff
-Datuk Nur Jazlan.

.....AND THE POLICE ARE ALSO OVER-BURDENED

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