Despite rampant murder, rape and robbery, IGP still claims Malaysian streets are safe

Police have given their assurance that Malaysia is still a safe place despite the rise in domestic crime and instability in the region.

Inspector -General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan did not deny that crime rate is high but insists Malaysia is still a safe place. He said this after delivering a key note address entitled "Instilling Confidence in the Royal Malaysia Police" at the opening of the 5th Forum on Crime and Policing at Universiti Sains Malaysia as reported in the New Straits Times.

He was quoted to have said that domestic crime even though is on the rise, it is still at a manageable level and the police are more than capable of handling it.

Ironically is on that very same newspaper publishing his statement, can be seen reports of murders, rapes, sodomys and robberies. The most disturbing of the reports got to be that a gang of six went on a rampage in Taman Sentosa, Klang, killing two and leaving five seriously injured in separate attacks.

The parang-weilding gangsters, believed to be high on drugs, randomly picked their victims then attacking and robbing them. This same gang is also suspected to be involved in the sodomy and murder of a Thai national in Sungai Buloh recently.

Since it was reported that all the killings were in separate attacks then how come no arrest or even suspects yet that has been identified by the police??? How many times and how many more innocent lives have to bve taken before the police have a vague idea of the criminals??? Is this what the IGP meant by saying that the police force are still capable of coping and managing the crime rate??? If it is so then dread the day we must when the IGP finally says that the crime rate is un-manageable and the police are incapacitated.

To give some credit back, Malaysia actually still is relatively safe compared to many of its neighbours. Malaysians generally are very peaceful and civilised people except for a few rotten eggs. The police as the IGP puts it, "crime rate still manageable", should step up measures to bring it down. Every year so far, annual crime rate has been going north instead of the direction of south and that is alarming.

Tan Sri Musa also said that the police force crime solving rate is up to 40% but the problem here is not about how much crime they solve but how much crime there is. What Malaysians want is for the streets to be safe again and low crime rate not high solving percentage. As the police like to preach that prevention is the best method then they should start putting into practice rather than just talking about it.