The Ministry for Home Affairs must take full responsibility for the increase
in crime in the country if it is indeed true that same has surged as a result of
the repeal of the Emergency Ordinance.Selangor deputy police chief, Datuk A. Thaiveegan is quoted to have said that
there has been an increase in crime and such was probably due to the repeal of
the Ordinance.
The question then is this. What did the Home Ministry do to deal with this probability when the repeal of the Ordinance was proposed? This is a very serious matter.The Ministry, through the police have the figures. They also have intelligence reports. They ought to have known what would happen if the Ordinance was repealed and steps ought to have been taken so as to ensure safeguards were first put in place before the Ordinance was repealed.
Whilst the move to curb detention without trial was a step in the right direction, especially given the wide scale abuse it was subjected to here, there is really no excuse for the Home Ministry to have failed to prioritize these concerns before the repeal.This failure may prove to become a major security concern for us.
Not telling the truth
It is also quite obvious now that the statement from Pemandu chief Dato Seri Idris Jala that crime rates have dropped and that it is the media which ought to be blamed for over sensationalizing isolated criminal incidents cannot be correct.This actually makes worse an already difficult situation as not only do we have a failure on part of the government to address the problems arising in the event of the release of those detained under the Ordinance, but we also have statistics which are wrong and the government efficiency unit somewhat blindly endorsing it.
Dato Seri Idris Jala should face the facts and tell us what he thinks of the Deputy CPOs views. If he agrees with him, don't we now have an alarming concern for the security of our people? Are we not at the doorsteps of a national scale security crisis?As Member of Parliament, I demand that the government reveal in public in full the steps it had taken to deal such an eventuality and what it proposes to do about it so as to curb the problem before it gets beyond control?
Gobind Singh Deo
DAP MP for Puchong
Source : http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=35819:surge-of-crime-home-ministry-must-take-full-responsibility-gobind&Itemid=2
The question then is this. What did the Home Ministry do to deal with this probability when the repeal of the Ordinance was proposed? This is a very serious matter.The Ministry, through the police have the figures. They also have intelligence reports. They ought to have known what would happen if the Ordinance was repealed and steps ought to have been taken so as to ensure safeguards were first put in place before the Ordinance was repealed.
Whilst the move to curb detention without trial was a step in the right direction, especially given the wide scale abuse it was subjected to here, there is really no excuse for the Home Ministry to have failed to prioritize these concerns before the repeal.This failure may prove to become a major security concern for us.
Not telling the truth
It is also quite obvious now that the statement from Pemandu chief Dato Seri Idris Jala that crime rates have dropped and that it is the media which ought to be blamed for over sensationalizing isolated criminal incidents cannot be correct.This actually makes worse an already difficult situation as not only do we have a failure on part of the government to address the problems arising in the event of the release of those detained under the Ordinance, but we also have statistics which are wrong and the government efficiency unit somewhat blindly endorsing it.
Dato Seri Idris Jala should face the facts and tell us what he thinks of the Deputy CPOs views. If he agrees with him, don't we now have an alarming concern for the security of our people? Are we not at the doorsteps of a national scale security crisis?As Member of Parliament, I demand that the government reveal in public in full the steps it had taken to deal such an eventuality and what it proposes to do about it so as to curb the problem before it gets beyond control?
Gobind Singh Deo
DAP MP for Puchong
Source : http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=35819:surge-of-crime-home-ministry-must-take-full-responsibility-gobind&Itemid=2
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