When the police arrived and I related my incident, they were honest with me; there was no point in making a report as nothing would come of it. I made a report anyway. The police were right. Even though I had managed to spot the licence no of one of the bikes, it turned out to be a fake plate. An “investigation” is underway to determine if the Satria was involved in the robbery, but I’m not getting my hopes up.

After reading many blogsites on the mat rempit problem, it seems to me that my story is not an uncommon one. None of us victims ever receive justice, and that the mat rempits usually get away scot-free, ready to commit more assaults, robberies or rapes.

The question I want to ask is, why is it that our society cannot effectively punish and control these criminals? I have heard excuses such as:
“our police force is too undermanned to catch the mat rempits, who far outnumber cops and are unafraid of them”;
“even if the police catch these mat rempits, there is no effective (legal) way of punishing them, since they do not fear jail”;
“UMNO Youth (Khairy Jamaluddin) is protecting them and using them as political leverage”.

And so on. I’m not sure how many of these excuses are valid. There have been calls to beef up out police force, or to destroy any motorbikes found to have been used in a crime. What I do know, is that not enough is being done to keep our society safe. This problem first surfaced in the late ‘90s, and it seems to have gotten worse. If the mat rempits know that the police are afraid of them, and the government is protecting them, can u blame them for getting bolder and bolder??

Like all those who hate these mat rempits, there is nothing I would love more than to run them over in my vehicle. However, is this really the best way to fight them? Would it deter them from committing crime, or make them more violent? Does anyone have a feasible long-term suggestion for eradicating these people from our streets? How do we make this problem a priority for our government? What kind of punishment can we impose and enforce which will deter these criminals?

I will be posting this blog on several sites, and will also write in to several newspapers calling for feasible suggestions to this problem. I am ashamed to admit that before this happened to me, I merely read the stories, and while resenting the mat rempits for what they did, I did not feel a need to take any action myself. I hope that all of you who have not yet become a victim do not make the same mistake. Imagine how bad this problem could get if left unchecked. How far will you let it go before you decide to take action yourself? When you yourself have been robbed and beaten? When your wife or daughter has been raped and murdered?

I hope that all of you who have taken the time to read my post, take more time to consider the situation and respond to it. If all of us band together and take action, maybe we will be able to wipe these criminals from our streets.

Why disciplined? They should be charged for ‘disturbing the peace’ if not ‘assault and battery’.

Shall we discipline the IGP?

an incompentent (BN) govt is desperately trying to hold on to power by swelling their ranks (ie. increasing their party size) through recruiting thugs and gangsters…

machap, ijok, puchong (just to name a few)… yet, nobody was disciplined or charged

But then who is a Malay?

The first PM was half-Thai. The second was half-Bugis (read: Indonesian), the third shared his ancestry with Ataturk and the fourth somebody who could read Tamil if UMNO minutes were written in that language tomorrow. And the fifth is of Chinese descent.

They are ‘Malays’ only as far as Article 160(2) of our Constitution of 1957 allows them to be.

A pure Malay? That is a legal fiction.

do tell IJOK malaysians, do you get any discount when buying a property! “BN UMNO say, we are ONE.” but why other malaysians have to buy at a higher price. aren’t we malaysian too. so, what have MCA and MIC achieve for others since merdeka… except, maybe, educations!

aku punya falsampah!

He will not. Firstly, Mat Rempits are the ‘bodyguards’ of his SIL. He cannot control his SIL. Secondly, nobody in UMNO listens to him. So, from faraway land he can condemn and when necessary say that he was misquoted. In bolehland he will continue with his elegant silence. He knows that there are people ever ready to challenge his order, especially when TDM has announced that he was to be a one-term PM.

TDM said that he appointed Najib as deputy and it would not be fair to Najib if Abdullah stays for more than one term. So, the position of PM is for the incumbents to enjoy, and to TDM’s mind it is for the three of them to share, and he had 22 years. If the PM position is to be enjoyed, I think the royalties have more right than the commoners, and it was most unsuitable for a person who was not even a pure Malay.

How does this weigh in with the residents of Ijok?

I notice that most old folks and veterans do not care about other parties except BN, because BN had always been governing their country and worst of all they do not update or expose themselves like us seeing the reality from the internet especially from Mr. Lim’s blogs. They can only see the “good things” from… you know?.. newspapers… ~~puooit..

When I asked few of them how do they think of PKR and DAP, they replied that PKR and DAP are no better than PAS as they are racist..

racist? BN? RAKCICIST larrr..

no matter how hard I try to prove them wrong, it is a total waste of time as they are still voting for BN for no reasonable reasons at all.

How, Why, and What else can we do the expose BN’s menace!?

This is no surprise when leaders/politicians set example by using intimidation, aggression, bullying and other unacceptable social behaviours to achieve their aims.

Thank you, sir. For letting us know. We thought such tactics could win election.