I find the complacent attitude of the Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan in his speech in Penang yesterday claiming that “Malaysia is still a safe place”, coming on the heels of the recent remark by the Deputy Home Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung that the worsening crime in the country was a “misperception” of the people, most irresponsible, deplorable and unacceptable.
It makes a mockery of the Police Royal Commission set up five years ago by the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to create an efficient, incorruptible, professional world-class police service to keep crime low.
I have just returned from Xiamen where “a safe city” was one of its best-selling assets. During my first night in Xiamen, I was struck by the confident assurance given by the local guide that visitors can go about the town at night as it is very safe from crime.
This selling point was again highlighted in my short visit to Gulang Islet, the scenic and alluring tourist isle with a small population of over 10,000 people but which attracts more than four million tourists a year. Visitors were assured that crime against tourists was virtually unheard-of on the island!
My disgust at the IGP’s complacent and irresponsible attitude about galloping crime in the country is all the more pronounced after my visit to Xiamen and Gulangyi.
I will move a RM10 salary cut motion against the Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Musa Hassan to censure his failure to curb and control the endemic crime situation in Malaysia in Parliament in the current 2009 Budget debate under the Home Ministry next week.
(Speech at the DAP Penang 13,000-People Victory Dinner at Han Chiang School on Friday, 28th November 2008)
#1 by disapointed86 on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 7:03 am
Rm10 salary cut for what??~!!..already earn alot from holicopter scandal..sack him pls…worst IGP in history
#2 by Tonberry on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 7:31 am
disapointed86,
In Bolehland, RM10-salary cut has another meaning. It’s more devastating than its numerical figure.
#3 by disapointed86 on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 7:44 am
Tonberry, i understand what you mean..i’m just getting sick of this political games in Malaysia..so childish and of no standard..i think they 16th September takeover has dissapointed many of the voters..nothing can improve unless the govt change hand..i said NOTHING
#4 by luking on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 8:10 am
Tis guy,he deserves a sack instead.
#5 by yhsiew on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 8:47 am
National security cannot be improved if the chief person in charge is already satisfied with the present conditions.
#6 by sinnerconman on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 9:16 am
IGP should be rewarded with RM10 because bolehland is still a safe place – a safe place like Zimbabwee – a safe place, a safe place, a safe place – sound familiar. Let him have an extra piece of beef and who knows what that piece of beef might just chock him and we in bolehloand will have a new IGP. he he he,…
#7 by k1980 on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 9:18 am
Ah Eng blames Ah Nan, and Ah Nan blames Anwar. Where will the buck stop?
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Saturday/National/2415073/Article/index_html
#8 by undergrad2 on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 9:41 am
The buck stops between the IGP’s legs.
#9 by GilaPolitic on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 9:45 am
Aiyah….Unlce Lim wasting his saliva to shout for miserable RM10 cut for IGP. It is a “Mockery” in the Parliament if such motion against the IGP. As usual the coward biased Dewan Speakers will throw Oppositions out the Dewan and suspend them.
Dont waste time and taxpayers’ fund for calling the cut instead Uncle Lim should teach the MP hooligans from Kinabatangan and Batu Pahat on how to behave well in the Parliament. Their actions are worst than “smanseng” gangters in Malaysia. Yes, a tourist commented that some MP leaders act like samseng in the House are bad example for the rakyat and also caused of the criminals to act such a manner. Leadership by bad example in the honorable house came with dirty words, lies, sexist remarks, bad body languages and biased decisions.
Unlce Lim shall call a motion to remove the IGP like Lion Karpal is calling a motion to remove the Chief Judge is a noble decision. In short, Malaysia is less peaceful and safe heaven for all Malaysians as we are still facing high crimes and we have to engage additional private security guards to look after our properties and children at home. Sooner or later, we need to engage body guards for more protections against crime.
Malaysian cannot walk alone anymore in any part of the country due to uncontrollable crimes are getting out of hands. Uncle Lim shall pass an emergency motion to demand the government for long term internal security plan to eradicate crimes and improve the police forces in Malaysia. Otherwise, do Malaysians have to suffer similar MUMBAI War by the criminals attack in Malaysia. MY GOD !!
#10 by Johnny Cheah on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 9:51 am
I HAVE SAID NUMEROUS TIMES, OUR POLICE FORCE ARE EXPERT IN PROVIDING ESCORT SERVICES TO THE VIP AND VVIP, WHEREBY THEY WILL USE THEIR SIREN AND MOTORBIKES/POLICE CAR HORNS INDISCRIMATELY, AT THE SAME TIME USING THEIR HAND TO WAVE AT YOU TO GET OUT OF THEIR WAY. IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE SLOW, SOMETIMES EXPECT A KICK FROM THE POLICE OUTRIDER. THAT IS OUR BOLEH POLICE FORCE. ASKING THEM TO REDUCE CRIMES IS LIKE ASKING THEM TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE. THE IGP SHOULD RESIGN OR BETTER STILL BE RELIEVED OF HIS DUTIES. MANY A TIMES I HAVE SEEN 3 OR 4 POLICE CARS PARK NEAR MAMAK STALLS ENJOYING THEIR CUP OF TEH TARIK. THE GOVERNMENT HAVE PROUDLY EXPRESS IN THE MASS MEDIA THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN THE POLICE FORCE A FEW THOUSAND NEW POLICE CARS TO HELP THEM USE THE CARS IN CRIME PREVENTION. THAT BEING THE CASE, CRIME RATES SHOULD BE DOWN. ARE CRIME RATES DOWN IN THIS BOLEH LAND. YOU TELL ME!
#11 by Damocles on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 10:19 am
Perhaps he may do something if his family members got robbed, raped, maimed, killed or worse.
It’s just a matter of time.
#12 by GilaPolitic on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 10:45 am
READ THE ARTICLES BELOW !!
YOU ARE THE PUBLIC CHIEF JUSTICE TODAY.
Case. 1. – Outspoken parliamentarian Karpal Singh has called for the resignation of Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mohd Nazri Aziz for not knowing about the pension paid to the judges sacked during the MCPX1988 judicial crisis. Karpal also accused Nazri Aziz of “lying again” when Nazri said a letter by the King to the chief secretary to the government was not made public for 20 years and, therefore, he did not know about the pensions paid to the sacked judges.
Case No. 2. – KARPAL SINGH (DAP-Bukit Gelugor) today managed to get the signatures of 57 MPs — a quarter of the total of 222 — to file a motion under Standing Order 36(8) and Article 127 of the Federal Constitution to debate the conduct of Chief Justice Tan Sri Zaki Azmi.We now want to debate Zaki as he (allegedly) lied (in his correctional statement) in his capacity as a chief justice.
Case 3. – Two main issues are Malaysians are shocked by the revelations of the Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Musa Hassan and Johari in their attempt to blame the other party for the RM5.5 million “freedom for sale” scandal. Tan Sri Musa Hassan said “I am not denying that the crime rate is high. Irrespective of that, Malaysia is still a safe place.
Malaysians have a right to know whether the IGP deliberately lied to mislead the public or if he was genuinely kept in the dark by his officers. In either case, it doesn’t speak well for him. If the IGP had lied, he should be sacked to protect the integrity of the police force. If he did not know what was happening, then he should resign to acknowledge that he was no longer effectively in charge of the nation securities.
THE THREE CASES STATED IN MANY MEDIA NEWS are indeed reflect bad examples of the highest institutions of the government of BOLEHLand today.
DO YOU STILL BELIEVE BOLEHLAND IS A SAFE PLACE AFTER READING THE UNSAFE EVIL NEWS FROM THE BAD CONDUCTS OF THE THREE TOP PUBLIC CIVIL SERVANTS ? What a Big SHAME and DISGRACE ?
Hear no evil, Speak no evil, See no evil, Do no evil, Write no evil – Bangsa BolehLand
#13 by clearwater on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 10:45 am
Statistics alone will not tell the true story of crime levels in this country. Many crimes are not reported for the simple reason that the police are not at all concerned or helpful to victims. Making a police report has become a traumatic affair. Victims are made to feel somehow it is their fault the crime was perpetuated. Pride and professionalism are largely absent from a police force that is under-qualified, underpaid, under-trained and under-represented in minority ethnic groups. The police, at least at the spokesperson level, appear out of touch with reality and only beholden to their political masters. The general public no longer feel safe against petty and opportunistic crimes such as purse snatching, burglar and armed robbery. IPCMC? Five years and there’s no progress. What does it tell us about the state of this country?
#14 by bystander on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 10:53 am
its so sad that a nincompoop can become IGP
#15 by lew1328 on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 10:54 am
Greetings! Kits
Well come back safely to Malaysia from the safest place mentioned during yours vacation.
I personally think the salary cut motion is not enough to change, better learned from Thailand where the chief of police was cold storage when he couldn’t dissolve the crisis faced recently happened.
In our case in Malaysia, we have given sufficient time for the dearest IGP and we see nothing was changed but yet claimed to be safe…
Better still is to remove the junk and replace with new and whose with ideological mean for changes or restructures the police force one for all.
#16 by jus legitimum on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 11:00 am
Who run the country? They are corrupted,lazy,incapable,racialistic,lackadaisical,iresponsible and complacent.No wonder the crime rate is spiralling up.Two days ago,in Klang a woman was murdered while protecting her daughter in a robbery and her husband was seriously wounded.In Alor Star,a man was slashed to death in a coffee shop and his two friends were struck by parang and taken to hospital.You and me are now living in fear of our safety.No sane person will deny that it is dangerous to move around at night.Thugs,robbers,thieves,murderers are everywhere.No owners of expensive cars dare to drive out late at night for fear of car hijackers unless they are armed or surrounded by bodyguards.We have reached such a pathetic and horrible stage and yet the top idiot still has the cheek to deny it.
#17 by taiking on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 11:15 am
The trouble is umno has weave its way into everywhere. They are like malignant cells. You may chop the source and find that the problems are still persisting. Of course, that does not mean that chopping off umno is no longer meaningful or necessary. All solutions to the problem must still begin there with chopping umno off the scene.
Greed for wealth and power are bad enough. The problem is being compounded by lack of merits. Universities ranking dropping like a rock. Crime rates rocketing higher each year. Corruption gone worse in terms of frequency and amount. Discretionary detention power abused. Imaginary ketuanan rights raised to camouflage umnoputra rights.
All that is ok to them. No problems it seems. Economy good. Crimes under control. Ranking improving. Corruption will take actions. ISA they will act responsibly.
Of course for those with no merits, such statements would sound so real, so pursuasive and so comforting.
#18 by monsterball on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 12:11 pm
You can recommend to cut this or sack him from the post…..UMNO will never listen….yet they claim they are doing things in the name of the voters.
I wonder who do People’s Party represents…in their minds.
So they ignore LKS’s request….means they are ignoring millions of voters….correct correct correct???
#19 by max2811 on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 12:45 pm
Mr Lim, don’t you have anything better to do than to propose a RM10 cut? What’s the significance? Shame him? You can do better by chastising him in Parlimen.
The quality of Msian politicians, both BN and PR are very unprofessional and childish. The only difference is that PR politicians carry less baggage. Given power, I believe they will match BN/UMNO ministers in terms of corruption and abuse of power.
The ppl’s only hope is that more corrupted politicians play badminton.
#20 by frankyapp on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 1:44 pm
Well guys,I am correct again,right ?. I said before and am saying again that our police or mata mata including the IGP all have this sickening illness which we called ” tidak apa attitudes ” towards their job. I agree with some of you guys that certain crimes are not reported but would add that one reported,atleast four were not done.Now you police guys,picture that in your mind,and how on earth you could say that “malaysia is still a safe place ” when on a daily basis,our medias reported dozens of crimes throught out the country.Our police should pull up their socks and start doing their duty/job to save guard everybody instead of blaming the rakyat by saying the “misconception of the rakyat “
#21 by Godfather on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 3:16 pm
Musa Hassan has done a great service for UMNO during the Mamakthir’s tenure. How can anyone contemplate his sacking ? It’s like asking Gani Patail to be sacked, or for Augustine Paul to be sacked. Anyone of these people could potentially sing like a canary, so who in UMNO would take the risk of removing these people ?
By the way, Musa Hassan is correct about the security situation in Bolehland. We are much more secure than Harare or Dar Es Salaam, or Aden or Nairobi. In these places, you would never dream of going out at night.
#22 by ryan123 on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 4:11 pm
the difference is on how we want to gauge the relative safety.
For some, they are being complacent and feeling satisfied with the current situations.
Others want more improvements and, as a result, are labeled as whiners.
The issue is, can the first group of people instil themselves with the mentality of striving for greater heights.
#23 by eloofk on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 4:42 pm
Do you think that the IGP is a professional policeman who knows much about policing work? The UMNO Gomen has no position to fill him up as a minister but to put him there to carry out the commands from the top men of the gomen.
#24 by AhPek on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 5:07 pm
The Inspector General says “Malaysia is still a safe place.”.We have seconders in the person of imranj78 and zak.So YB how can you be right?
#25 by bobiee on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 6:19 pm
Police being police – in this country slogans, themes and taglines like Saya Tidak Rasuah, Bersih, Cepat dan Betul and The Best In The World always take precedence compared to fast, professional and dedicated service. What a pity here…
#26 by chengho on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 7:10 pm
Xiamen is safe is undestatement in fact the whole China is safe BUT look at their political system you cannot have a political blog this this blog can u? you are safe in China as long as you are politically correct .
#27 by k1980 on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 7:47 pm
PR must now focus on wrestling the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary seat in the coming by election. A repeat of the Permatang Pauh victory will break the back of umno and lead to mass defections to PR
#28 by AhPek on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 7:56 pm
chengho,
Isn’t Malaysia safe and as well as lucrative when one is politically correct with the right group?
#29 by anak_malaysia on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 8:21 pm
malaysia is a “very safe” place. don’t worry. take your time to come and visit malaysia. just take the word from our “beloved IGP”. In the event you feel that you are not safe, you can request our dearest minister to evoke ISA on you to “protect you. “. Don’t worry. be happy. have a nice day in Malaysia…..
#30 by storm62 on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 8:45 pm
YB Lim, the IGP can keep his RM10 cut but please ask him to declare his & his immediate family’s assets to the public, can you?
if he can’t do that, please ask him resign, will you?
#31 by de_Enigma on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 10:14 pm
I think the IGP is not wrong, you see what happened in Mumbai?
What… Progress? You sure there are such word in Malaysia?
#32 by bc on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 10:19 pm
This IGP is trying to help us a good reason to tell others to overthrew the UMNO administration out to the Strait of Malaca.
As long as the UMNO is there, the police will be corrupted and hopeless.
Safe place yeah loh in our dream land if the UMNO is still around that is what they trying to tell us.
#33 by jus legitimum on Monday, 1 December 2008 - 11:29 am
At least China can shoot their corrupted high ranking government officials to death and also either jail or execute death sentence on robbers.Of course China is much safer than here and the central government is efficient and clean.It is evidenced by its miraculous economic growth within just mere 30 years and unmatched by any other countries in the world.But alas we look at this pathetic land,corrupted government officials including those out of office live in mansions,drive porsches,own expensive properties within and without the country,run big businesses through next of kin and also continue to blog and talk cock every day.
#34 by FY Lim on Tuesday, 2 December 2008 - 12:21 pm
The ills of society today in Malaysia whether galloping crime rate, corruption, arrogance of authorities, cronyism etc all boils down to the party in power at the Federal level. If the head don’t act, what can the tails do ?
When the top is corrupted do not expect the tails to take action.
You can pour billions ( not millions now ) of ringgit into the hardware, it is useless as the tails know very well that even when the culprits are caught, there will be no prosecution.