Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation executive council member Robert Phang
today took issue with the former inspector-general of police for allegedly
casting aspersions over the performance of the police force.
Phang said in a statement that Musa Hassan had done so by calling for an independent body to measure the crime rates in Malaysia, to ensure independence and integrity of the index.
According to Phang (right), Musa has no standing
to criticise the efforts of the police force today as it was during his
leadership that crime rates were at an all-time high.“In effect, Musa is
questioning the credibility of the statistics provided by the PDRM and Home
Ministry about the reduction of crime rates in this country.
“It should be noted that the image of the PDRM was at its lowest during the time that Musa was the IGP,” he said.Accusing Musa of “sour grapes”, Phang said that by doubting the official crime index, the former top cop was attacking IGP Ismail Omar and his deputy Khalid Abu Bakar, who had succeded in “reducing crimes and in making the country safer”.
Phang, who is also chairperson of the Social Care Foundation, added that it was Musa's failure that forced the Home Ministry to develop “innvotive crime prevention measures” and make the matter a National Key Results Area.
“Yet, Musa Hassan (right in photo) accused (Home
Minister) Hishammuddin Hussein of interference with the internal affairs of the
PDRM when his contract as IGP was not renewed,” he said.
Phang added that Musa had also ignored the Global Peace Index 2011, which ranked Malaysia as the safest country in Southeast Asia and the 19th most secure among the 153 countries ranked.
The former IGP had, at a forum on a Dec 4, said that Malaysians still felt unsafe as they were sceptical of the improving crime index, and called for an independent index.“We often read or hear about crime rate reductions, but the rakyat still feel unsafe as they are not confident of the information received,” Utusan Malaysia quoted Musa as saying.
Source : http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/184119
Phang said in a statement that Musa Hassan had done so by calling for an independent body to measure the crime rates in Malaysia, to ensure independence and integrity of the index.
According to Phang (right), Musa has no standing
to criticise the efforts of the police force today as it was during his
leadership that crime rates were at an all-time high.“In effect, Musa is
questioning the credibility of the statistics provided by the PDRM and Home
Ministry about the reduction of crime rates in this country.“It should be noted that the image of the PDRM was at its lowest during the time that Musa was the IGP,” he said.Accusing Musa of “sour grapes”, Phang said that by doubting the official crime index, the former top cop was attacking IGP Ismail Omar and his deputy Khalid Abu Bakar, who had succeded in “reducing crimes and in making the country safer”.
Phang, who is also chairperson of the Social Care Foundation, added that it was Musa's failure that forced the Home Ministry to develop “innvotive crime prevention measures” and make the matter a National Key Results Area.
“Yet, Musa Hassan (right in photo) accused (Home
Minister) Hishammuddin Hussein of interference with the internal affairs of the
PDRM when his contract as IGP was not renewed,” he said.Phang added that Musa had also ignored the Global Peace Index 2011, which ranked Malaysia as the safest country in Southeast Asia and the 19th most secure among the 153 countries ranked.
The former IGP had, at a forum on a Dec 4, said that Malaysians still felt unsafe as they were sceptical of the improving crime index, and called for an independent index.“We often read or hear about crime rate reductions, but the rakyat still feel unsafe as they are not confident of the information received,” Utusan Malaysia quoted Musa as saying.
Source : http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/184119
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