It is time for the Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan to resign when crime rampages on in the country beyond police control until even the Johore Baru South OCPD Asst Comm Zainuddin Yaakob was tied up and robbed at knife point in his house in Johore Baru on Thursday morning.
ACP Zainuddin was home alone when three men, believed to be Indonesians, tied him up and ransacked his home at about 5.45 am on Thursday, leaving later with some cash and valuables.
The tying-up and robbing at knife-point of an OCPD in his own house is not just a humiliating episode for the Malaysian police, but highlights the sheer inability of the police force to bring crime under check and control, especially in the several capitals of crime in the country.
One of the greatest failures of the Abdullah premiership is his failure to reduce crime to restore to Malaysians their fundamental right to be free from crime and the fear of crime, whether in the streets, public places or the privacy of their homes.
Although Abdullah started his premiership with the pledge to fight crime, he left office with Malaysians feeling even more unsafe from crime which has reached endemic dimensions.
Under Abdullah’s premiership, the police fought a losing war against the rising crime index, which had worsened from 156,315 cases in 2003 to crash through the 200,000 barrier for the first time in nation’s history.
Now, it is not only the ordinary citizens, visitors, tourists and investors who do not feel safe, even police personnel and police officers like the JB South OCPD are themselves victims of crime. Until recently, only ex-police officers fall victim to crime – like the former Penang Chief Police Officer who was killed when robbed in his Petaling Jaya home recently!
Abdullah did make an attempt to address the endemic crime problem at the beginning of his premiership, setting up the Royal Police Commission to revamp the police force.
However, the Royal Police Commission’s recommendations to create an efficient, incorruptible, professional and world-class police service to declare an all-out war against crime and to keep crime low was opposed by the police force, UMNO and UMNO Youth then led by the present Home Minister, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, sabotaging the establishment of an Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC).
Abdullah did not have the political will to implement the Royal Police Commission’s recommendations to establish a professional world-class police service to keep crime low, eradicate corruption and uphold human rights.
Does the new Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak has the political will to implement all the recommendations of the Royal Police Commission, in particular to set up the IPCMC?
The signs are not favourable, especially from the way the story of the tying-up and robbing of the JB South OCPD had been played down by the mainstream media.
A cold and wintry wind is blowing through the news rooms of all news media organisations, particularly the mainstream media – heralding the return of Mahathirism on news control and censorship to serve the interests of the political leaders in government rather than those of the people.
#1 by ktteokt on Sunday, 3 May 2009 - 8:18 am
Perhaps our police force is only good at killing detainees in their custody such as Kugan but when it is faced with real tough criminals, it is really helpless as demonstrated by this ugly case. If these guys can do such things to the OCPD, they can very easily do the same to any ordinary citizen. And do you think they dare not do this to the IGP or any other minister?
I remembered the case of similar nature which happened to a top MCA guy staying behind my house. He too was tied up together with his family and his daughter was nearly raped. Telephone calls to the nearest police station were ignored until he told the guy on the other end of the line, “I am so and so from MCA!” that the police sent a patrol car to the scene of the crime. It makes me wonder who the police are serving, the ordinary citizen who pays their salaries or some big shot who has title and power but who are helpless against crooks!
#2 by Onlooker Politics on Sunday, 3 May 2009 - 9:17 am
“To Onlooker, you may want to reconsider assigning so much blame to US$ borrowing from off-shore banks/international financiers at Labuan for 1997 Crisis.” (Jeffrey)
Dr. Mahathir always put blame on George Soros for triggering on the currency attack in Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. Even though some Malaysian people might feel that they didn’t deserve the unreasonable currency depreciation in 1997-1998 due to the comfortable level of economic fundamentals as claimed by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), I could only convince myself to read the BNM report conservatively with much personal reservation.
A childhood friend of mine who worked as a Manager in BNM secretly told me in early 1998 that the short-term foreign currency debt falling due within the year of 1998 itself already reached 30% of the total foreign loan structure. This clearly indicated that Dr. Mahathir had the poor economic planning for the nation during his tenure of the Prime Minister.
Of course, there were other reasons which caused the aggravation of the 1997-1998 currency crisis, such as IGP Rahim Nor’s detention of some outspoken financial professionals under the ISA and Dr. Mahathir’s closing down of stock market pegging with Singapore’s Clob International.
#3 by Bigjoe on Sunday, 3 May 2009 - 9:40 am
Just waiting for the day, they rob the IGP himself.. You wonder about Karma really…
#4 by boh-liao on Sunday, 3 May 2009 - 10:38 am
On the same day when this was reported: “JOHOR BARU: Johor Baru South OCPD Asst Comm Zainuddin Yaakob was tied up and robbed at knife point in his house here early yesterday.”, there was another report: “KLANG: Six people, including a former police officer with the rank of ASP and a Myanmar national, have been detained for vehicle theft.”
Could it be that the three suspects, all believed to be Indonesians, who tied the OCPD up and ransacked his home were also working with and advised by an ex-PDRM?
#5 by Saint on Sunday, 3 May 2009 - 10:43 am
Crime is both a social-economic and inefficient policing matter. In Malaysia, easy entry of illegal migrants has adding to the problem. To pin point the actual problem in Malaysia is difficult as too many webs were created by Tun Mahathir in his “too long years” as PM. Displacing plantation workers, importing immigrants for citizenship for voting, cheep labour to suppress local non-Malays, “bumiputra” quota system, local corruption by Ministers, weakening the police and legal system, and many more.
UMNO and BN cannot solve this as they are also deeply entrenched into it. Change of government is the only way to solve all these problems. Even then it may take about 10 years to solve them.
#6 by lopez on Sunday, 3 May 2009 - 11:00 am
he deserves it , the culprits could be laughing till they jaws jammed
what more can you ask, and tian has eyes n will collect such souls , hey it is the call of the day…
go report it and the sarjan must tell him to be careful lah, why so careless, now leche banyak kerja n sibuk sibuk
and the io will calmly ask are they anyone you suspect or ada marah marah pada orang lain
mari kita pegi rum,ah engkau and let see see, ,,,eh bolih kita stop mamak teh dul tak.
hey this one your superior,,,mana bolih cakap ini macam….ASP jom
get the whole squad in, ada mesyuarat close door
and this one is a pebble only lah, he still can survive…what if it is another man on the street….sorry lah ..you not lucky..crime happen everyday…it your turn so what…you still can report about it ..you lucky lah,,,,go celebrate life
#7 by LBJ on Sunday, 3 May 2009 - 11:18 am
Next time when you call the OCPD and he says he is tied up, you know what he means. Hahahahaha!
#8 by tong.kin.yoong on Sunday, 3 May 2009 - 1:06 pm
That’s why 2 weeks ago, (http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/04/19/rampant-crime-in-taman-bunga-raya-taman-desa-setapak-around-the-wangsa-maju-lrt-station/#comments) I highlighted that the police MUST do something about law breakers IN FRONT of the police station as proofed by some Youtube users who showed laws are broken in front of police station.
When law is broken in front of police station, it’s a clear sign that something is wrong i.e. the police cannot even make sure law is abided in front of their police station. so theorectically, when the OCPD is AWAY from his police station, it is not surprising that he can get robbed.
Yes. I agree that the IGP should resign because the videos that I highlighted shows that the Youtube user showing not ONE but MANY police stations where law is broken in front of the police station.
For the benefit of the public, the IGP should be replaced to a more effective one.
I remember when the police force couldn’t solve the Nurin case and the police said, “Parents must be responsible for their children”. Hell, in no time, I may be hearing when one car is stolen, “Vehicle owners must be responsible for their vehicles and so on.”. Maybe also “women must be responsible that they are not victims of snatch thief”".
#9 by limkamput on Sunday, 3 May 2009 - 1:54 pm
Ok, got the message. Since I have caused so much pain and hurled so much insult, I shall impose moderation on myself. I hope more enlightening and insightful views would emerge and prevail here. Thank you.
#10 by monsterball on Sunday, 3 May 2009 - 2:21 pm
I have not insulted limkamput .Read my comment and his respond.
He accuse others having low IQ..and he cannot read a cultured comment against an insult? I am merely defending my reputation.
#11 by ringthetill on Sunday, 3 May 2009 - 4:06 pm
I quotote kttoekt: “Telephone calls to the nearest police station were ignored until he told the guy on the other end of the line, “I am so and so from MCA!” that the police sent a patrol car to the scene of the crime.”
Someone in the past told me this: “The police fears the big shots and politicians. The big shots fear the criminals. And the criminals fear the police.”
Question is, where does it leave us, the ordinary citizens? You are at your own mercy.
#12 by Loh on Sunday, 3 May 2009 - 4:57 pm
///The tying-up and robbing at knife-point of an OCPD in his own house is not just a humiliating episode for the Malaysian police, but highlights the sheer inability of the police force to bring crime under check and control, especially in the several capitals of crime in the country. ///–Kit
Since the robbers got away, we have no way to know whether they knew the victim was an OCPD before they stroked. If they did not, then the OCPD must be very lucky, or unlucky to have been selected as target. There is only one OCPD in the district of and if he succeeded to have been randomly picked among the wealthy-looking houses, then the crime rate in the area should have been high. However if the robbers knew about the identity of the OCPD beforehand it says that they believed that as OCPD, they must have been cash under the pillow, and jewellers under the bed. That is the perception that PDRM members are only sitting in their office to enrich themselves, and that they knew they were safe to rob the OCPD. They proved to us that they are right.
There will not be enough police force to protect the people if the perpetrators believe that the police had not the ability to do their job. The existence of PDR should have the effect to let the perpetrators feel that crime does not pay. As it is, they have shown that even OCPD could be robbed without reprisal, they police department was just an extension of UMNO for the members to conveniently collect their monthly allowances.
///One of the greatest failures of the Abdullah premiership is his failure to reduce crime to restore to Malaysians their fundamental right to be free from crime and the fear of crime, whether in the streets, public places or the privacy of their homes./// — Kit
The single most important function of any government since time immemorial is to enable the people to be free from crime and the fear of crime, whether in the streets, public places or the privacy of their homes. BN government has not been able to undertake the basic task, but it has chosen to become champion of one race. It was its desire to be race-champion as reflected in the name of the political organization that it was serving only the interest of Malays. It has decided therefore that instead of providing the fundamental function of a government, it has chosen to restructure the society. Eventually, while some Malays claim that they have not gained from NEP, they have actually lost because of NEP. Indeed it was NEP which provided the umbrella for corruption. In the environment of take whatever you can, those who are in the higher authority take more and those in the lesser position such as the ordinary law enforcement police personnel take less, and of course those outside the protective coverage of UMNO takes none. But wherever they are, they have exchange the right of corruption for losing the fundamental right to be free from crimes, and the rest of the population suffer collateral damages.
The greatest sin of TDM lies not in enriching his family and cronies though that started the corrupt mentality of not only the government but the memberships of UMNO. The greatest sin was that he has caused the government service to become an extension of UMNO, and he has destroyed the government institutions in the country. The country is lawless and the government practices rule by law through use of personnel similar to secret society rather than rule of law whether the institutions served out their role. The ongoing in Perak whether government servant was allowed to seize power and the court was there to confirm despite of gaining the notoriety of bad-judge shows that Malaysia and Zimbabwe are twins; it will be another first to celebrate twin-country like others celebrating twin cities.
///However, the Royal Police Commission’s recommendations to create an efficient, incorruptible, professional and world-class police service to declare an all-out war against crime and to keep crime low was opposed by the police force, UMNO and UMNO Youth then led by the present Home Minister, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, sabotaging the establishment of an Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC).///– Kit
If Keris-man was not the cousin of Najib, one might suspect that it was the new PM’s wish for the keris-man to sort out the problems in PDRM. So, it is now Keris-man who should resign because the IGP serves without the benefit of IPCMC which was prevented from being established because of Keris-man
#13 by blablowbla on Sunday, 3 May 2009 - 5:25 pm
yes,the almost 200,000 police,majority of them are taking salary,which is our tax,effortlessly,and we are paying them blindly!
i just share with you my experiences,about 15 years ago,i was at buttertworth,my shop was intruded midnight,goods worth rm30k were stolen,but the main door’s lock was not damaged,so i ask ed one of the ios after their ‘thorough’ survey,,he immediately stared at me:”nanti i mau siasat u,mungkin u kasi orang masuk!”,but within one minute,they dismissed from my premises,and i never heard anything from them since then,i dont even bothered to ask the outcome of the investigation.
i felt very sorry and unlucky myself,dont expect anything from these bunch of unprofessional police!
second incident,i delivered some goods to batu 8 old klang road shop,within a minute,i suspected they were conmen and given me a fake cheque,i quickly returned to the shop,i saw one of the conmen,carrying few carton of goods,moved into a kancil and drove off quickly,so i decided to chase him,but my car was at the other side of the shop,i quickly ran to my car and started to chase him,the distance was too far away,after several corners,i lost him from my sight!i when to the shop,it was closed,so i went to the Balai Polls OKR,just infront of the jln puchong traffic light junction to lodge a report,the police told me:”encik,sini bukan tak boleh terima repot,tapi kena tunggu io dari Balai Polis State baru boleh ambil tindakan!u pegi sana repot lebih baik!”,i was angry:”en, ini cara kamu buat kerja?SEKARANG I tau mereka masih di kawasan ini,i boleh pergi PJ buat repot,i bag u maklumat penipu itu,u bolih sekarang pegi cari dia orang?”
“sori,kami mesti ada arahan,baru bolih ambil tindakan!”
without further delay,and i have no choice have to go to PJ State police station to file a report,i think by the time the report is over,most probably the conmen alredy at Penang!
bloodyfool pdrm,i tak tau apa ugama u ada,tapi jangan makan gaji buta-bata,faham?
#14 by grace on Sunday, 3 May 2009 - 5:27 pm
Though it may sound cruel, it would be good that the police has a taste of what it is like to be a victim of those robbers.
Otherwise they would be dragging their feet whenever a case is reported.
#15 by blablowbla on Sunday, 3 May 2009 - 5:29 pm
buta-buta,typing error.
#16 by AhPek on Sunday, 3 May 2009 - 6:32 pm
The mess in this country is not unlike that of any failed state.All branches of government are mired in shit street and we haven’t got a spade to shovel it out.UMNO can never be trusted to clear up the mess they themselves have started, and besides it is in their interest to continue robbing the country silly.
Saint has rightly say that only in a change of government can we begin to harbour any hope of a better Malaysia. However I think his thinking that it would take 10 years for the new government to solve this problem may even be a little too optimistic even if you have a strong willed,incorruptible and tireless leader someone of the calibre of a Deng Xiao Peng or LKY.
#17 by ktteokt on Sunday, 3 May 2009 - 9:19 pm
Actually crime rate indirectly rose after the IGP announced that the police force is SHORTHANDED. This announcement is equivalent to providing crooks with a licence to commit crimes as it is an admission by the police that they will not be able to catch the criminals. Thus the case today, what the Chinese calls – “Pecking mites on the head of Duke Jupiter” (tai sui tou shang dong tu)!
#18 by Godfather on Sunday, 3 May 2009 - 9:33 pm
Remember the recent case where the police went to a house which was being ransacked, and found out that the burglars were UTK personnel ? Were the perpetrators charged ? Will we ever see the light at the end of the tunnel ?
The police can be trusted only to misplace evidence, eliminate evidence against BN suspects, use C4 against innocent civilians, and use chemical-laced cannons against peaceful protestors.
What a joke.
#19 by TheOwl on Sunday, 3 May 2009 - 10:23 pm
Dear Sir,
I posted a question to the IGP in the Political Watch Malaysia Blog and am awaiting a reply from the IGP. Let’s see what Najib’s “People First, Performance Now” means to the IGP.
TheOwl
{I have a pertinent question to ask the IGP of Malaysia.
Recently,a man claiming to be some big police officer at Bukit Aman moved into his brother’s house which is directly behind mine. This loud-mouth bully of a man (or coward?)claims that he had served in Bosnia. I had never seen his face though I hear his loud,irritating voice all the time,talking to his brother and niece,and on the mobile phone in Tamil,English and Malay.
On Wednesday(29/4/2009)evening this week after 7pm I was preparing dinner in my external kitchen. This man cut off a plant that had grown wild just next to the wall that his brother had built. Before he moved in his brother had wanted to pull out the plant too but I had stopped him as I was cooking almost right under the plant and was afraid that the earth might fall into my kuali. He was gentleman enough to abandon his attempt. When his brother moved in, the house owner and his daughter must have told him a lorryload about me disallowing him to remove said plant. I don’t understand what they had against the plant when it was growing on my property.
Even before the episode my “relationship” with the neighbour had never been good. When they moved in they cut down a huge drumstick tree and a branch damaged the roof of my external kitchen. That spoilt the relationship right from the beginning. Later his “looney” spinster of a daughter kept trying to dig for information about my family and I was really put off so I stopped talking with them. Was I glad when the neighbour put up the wall!
On said evening, as his policeman brother was cutting the plant he was abusing me (his niece was trying to stop him. He said, “Ask her to come. I’ll f… her”). I only responded when he said “Show me your f…ing face”. That really got me mad so there was an angry exchange of words.
My question to the IGP is this – Do Bukit Aman personnel have a right to threaten and abuse neighbours? Do they have a right to cut plants that grow on their neighbour’s property, even if they are wild plants?
He must be suffering from low self-esteemed or the experience in Bosnia could have caused some kind of brain damage. He kept saying that many people respected him and that he was somebody big at Bukit Aman, just that he wasn’t showing off. I don’t know what he was doing then,if not boasting and crying wolf! He threatened to call the local council to ask them to fine me as my garden was messy. Later he called up someone, presumably a policeman, and told him to come frighten me! The policeman was no fool as he must have suggested asking some community leader to talk to me as he answered, “Panggil ketua? Tak payah lah. Perkara kecil sahaja.” If it was a small matter why did he abuse me like that? Just trying to throw his weight around? I don’t even know him for God’s sakes,and had never seen his face up till today!
He thought I was ignorant of my rights and that it was so easy to scare me as I am a woman. As a citizen I have rights! I’m a taxpayer and a voter. As soon as he heard the voices of my family members,he was quiet as a mouse.
Yes, Malaysia Boleh! but does it mean policemen/officers could go around threatening neighbours and little old ladies like me? Why don’t they go get the real criminals if they are that HEBAT? If I don’t hear from the IGP by Tuesday, then I’ll pose this question to the PM. What about People First, Performance Now???
What does the IGP intend to do with such personnel? Disciplinary action should be taken against such people, even if they are retired. I have a mind to sue him! Any lawyer here who could advise me? Thank you.
Bullied!}
#20 by TheOwl on Sunday, 3 May 2009 - 10:39 pm
I have never had much respect for the police force as I’ve always believed that they have more brawn than brains (any intellectuals in PDRM?) and I’ve always been proven correct, more so by the latest addition to my neighbourhood.
It’s not surprising about what happened to the JB South OCPD if we have police personnel like my new neighbour from hell who go around boasting about what they are and bullying harmless,weak women. Would he dare with a man, not to mention ruffians like those who tied up the OCPD? I doubt it!
I agree with LBJ. When the police say they are tied up, they could literally be tied up! hahaha LOL *rolling on the floor*
#21 by TheOwl on Sunday, 3 May 2009 - 11:48 pm
I have a question to ask the IGP.
Are police personnel allowed to bully helpless women by intimidating them in order to scare them? This coward claims he’s a big guy at Bukit Aman. He must be suffering from low self-esteem. Don’t citizens have rights as they are taxpayers and voters?
What does Najib’s slogan “People First! Performance Now!” mean to the force? If your men are so HEBAT why not go get the real criminals? Why bully harmless,law-abiding citizens and little old ladies?
Shouldn’t the IGP take disciplinary action against such personnel,whether they still serving or are retired? I would like to hear from the IGP himself. Thank you.
#22 by Taxidriver on Sunday, 3 May 2009 - 11:55 pm
Robbers usually find out who their targets are before they strike. So I think JB OCPD was a ‘targeted’ case and not one randomly picked by the robbers. The reason: Usually, in Malaysia people holding high-ranking posts in Government institutions stash a lot of cash and jewellery in their homes. This is why we are hearing more and more of them becoming victims of robbery…………????????????
#23 by lopez on Sunday, 3 May 2009 - 11:58 pm
when so many important meetings these days, the men is blue is busy escorting vvip to solve problems of national interests.
when there is a by election , the men in blue has to be proactive and make many preparation to avoid unwanted incidents like
need to man road blocks
When mat stupits rob , burn, pilferage and petty thelf , ah …never mind they are kids only it’s okay, let them release their frustration or else worse things happen…you don t want that isnt it?
brother don’t push your luck too hard , things can happen and you see now even big guns start blaming others
you treat others as monkeys they will behave like monkeys …dont blame them…
blame that person 20 add years ago…
#24 by raverus on Monday, 4 May 2009 - 12:16 am
Padan muka, let him have a taste of normal citizens.
I really hope there is a change after this, normally there isn’t lah.
#25 by taiking on Monday, 4 May 2009 - 9:16 am
I dont think (I could be wrong) I hv ever seen any official numbers (actual or estimated) on legal and illegal foreigners in our country and a breakdown on their nationality. Some numbers were bounced about once in a while but I am not sure if they are official. Vaguely they are something like 1.5m – 2.0m and those are the legal ones.
For decades our country allowed illegal entry of migrants and workers from some neighbouring countries notably indon and the phillipines. Look at Sabah. It is one sorry story on this score. Its an ongoing number game the umno government has been playing all these while. If for every two legal foreigners we have one illegal foreigner then we could well be looking at 0.75m-1m illegal foreigners in the country. And the total figure (both legal and illegal) would add up to 2.25m-3.0m. Now that is about 10% of us malaysians.
And unlike australia and canada where their migrant policies are strict and very selective for they want only the best or the brightest, here we reject the best and the brightest in favour of crooks, criminals and lowly skilled people. If you ask me, the number by itself poses a serious threat to national security. If 5% of them (i.e. 112,500-150,000) were to turn crazy and run riot, we need to send the army in to handle the problem. The police is obviously not equipped to do a job of this scale. Look. Even mat rempits and on a smaller scale snatch theives are already beyond them.
So it is not strange at all that we all should move about with so much fear and apprehension of danger and crime. And that is homeground I am talking about – the place where we should all be kings and queens. Yeah badawi was bad. That is undisputable. But at least during badawi we hear a lot more news. With that hey-wot’s-soaking-man guy there will be none at all. Worse, only doctored and engineered ones will be fed to the media, I fear.
Monkeys and pigs and dogs get to hear the full range of noise that are present in their respective environment or habitat and they can respond with the full range of notes their vocal cords can produce. We Malaysians have our ears plugged and our vocal cords trimmed and our eyes blinded too; and all of these are done by those who said they care and are concerned about the country.
If I can make a real wish, I would wish for an indon parang gang to strike najib and bodyguards during one of his wayang-walks. I am not wishing him bad luck. No far from it. Its just that umnoputras are far removed from the reality of lives in the country – so remote that they could roll out rhetorics without that surge of sour feel rushing through their chests.
#26 by Toyol on Monday, 4 May 2009 - 9:55 am
We are indeed a joke to the whole world. Najib must be very proud of himself! Its no surprise why the most ridiculous episodes only happen on Malaysian soil.