ANOTHER BIG FAILURE OF THE PDRM IS THE DETERIORATION OF THE TRAFFIC JAMS IN KLANG VALLEY WHERE KL NOW BECOMES THE WORST JAMMED CITY AMONG THE ASEAN COUNTRIES.........FOR IDRIS JALA, MALAYSIANS HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT YOUR NKRAs RESULTS..........

ANOTHER BIG FAILURE OF THE PDRM IS THE DETERIORATION OF THE TRAFFIC JAMS IN KLANG VALLEY WHERE KL NOW BECOMES THE WORST JAMMED CITY AMONG THE ASEAN COUNTRIES.........FOR IDRIS JALA, MALAYSIANS HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT YOUR NKRAs RESULTS..........

“It is not enough to show that in the first nine months of 2010, crime fell by 16% (but still have 132,355 unresolved reported cases) and street crimes fell 38% (18,299 unresolved reported cases) or that 648 people were arrested for corruption.

Martin Jalleh

The rakyat was told that the government’s battle against crime showed good results in 2010. Home Minister Hishammuddin Tun Hussein announced in May 2010 that his Ministry's success in reducing the crime rate index for the first four months of the year had surpassed the initial target.

Minister in the PM's Department Senator Idris Jala revealed the results of the National Key Results Area (NKRA) for crime were outstanding for the first quarter and what the police and the ministry had done in that period was totally beyond expectation.

In Oct. 2010 a very elated IGP Ismail Omar proudly declared that police statistics indicated a significant drop in street crime by 38% and in the overall crime index by 16% between January and September.

But strangely, and as was so aptly put by Lim Kit Siang in October, “…up and down the country, ordinary Malaysians do not feel this dividend of fall of crime index in their daily lives as they do not feel comparatively safer in the streets, public places or privacy of their homes…”

In fact Kit Siang’s sentiments were so eloquently echoed by former Deputy Bank Governor Tan Sri Dr. Lin See Yin, in his article “The mystique of national transformation” which appeared online before the year ended:

“As I see it, discernable progress in four areas of priority concern to the rakyat and investors needs to come early enough to build confidence. They are corruption, crime, education and private enterprise.

“It is not enough to show that in the first nine months of 2010, crime fell by 16% (but still have 132,355 unresolved reported cases) and street crimes fell 38% (18,299 unresolved reported cases) or that 648 people were arrested for corruption.

“The public and investors (with ears on the ground) have to “feel” any improvement. Raw and biased statistics cannot tell the real story, and don’t impress. At this time, it would appear the rakyat and investors don’t “feel” any material improvement in the crime and corruption situation. That matters. But they don’t rush to judgment.

“What they want to “feel” is for today to be better than yesterday, and tomorrow to be better than today; and come tomorrow, their expectations are fulfilled. Incidents from personal experience reinforce this.”

In spite of the claims by the authorities and public surveys of a drop in the public’s fear of crime thereby signifying growing confidence in the police force, the fact remained, as John Sebastian wrote in the Malaysian Insider (18 Nov. 2010) that:

• More housing estates are having to handle own security, hire guards and put up barricades.

• Police are more reluctant to accept reports from public.

• Malaysians are altering their lives every day because of fear of crime.

• People are putting in more locks, closed-circuit or cyber-camera systems and alarm systems. Because they don’t feel safe.

“So if Pemandu and any other alphabet soup committee actually believe the better crime situation in the country, they must be on magic mushrooms.

“The day Malaysians don’t feel the need to engage their own security guards to guard their homes and family is the day when the tide against crime has been turned.

“That day isn’t coming as soon as the next general elections. So give us a break. Spare us the good news according to surveys. Just do more to make all Malaysians feel safe.”

Perhaps the public would feel more confident about the police, about being more safe and secure and that the statistics truly reflect the crime rate reality – when the police stop playing politics and government sets up the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC).

Lawmakers on both sides of the political divide demanded that newly-installed IGP Ismail Omar end the indiscriminate fatal police shootings. DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang declared: “It would appear that with the change of IGP, there is no change in the police culture as such.”

By Martin Jalleh

There was deep concern and consternation throughout 2010 over what the public viewed as the growing “shoot-to-kill” culture by the police force or what R. Sivarasa, the MP for Subang, called “a culture of impunity”.

“It means that they feel that they can do as they wish and they won’t be held accountable… they can shoot, kill, and there won’t be any questions asked (or)… any investigations and that they can continue doing so,” he said.

The nationwide concern over the trigger-happy cops of PDRM culminated into public outraged in April with the police “killing” of 14-year old Form III student Aminulrasyid Hamzah about 100 metres from his Shah Alam house.

The callous responses and cavalier attitude of the IGP, Home Minister and the police as they tried to contain the public firestorm caused the public to lose confidence in them and repeatedly call for the IGP to resign.

Respected lawyer Art Harun captured the sentiments of the people so clearly: “Right-minded people of Malaysia regard the killing of Aminulrasyid as symptomatic of lawless totalitarianism.”

“But that which makes this case all the more nauseating is not so much that this totally unnecessary killing of a 14-year-old boy had happened, but rather the responses by various parties — those people upon whom our security is entrusted — during the aftermath.

“The responses have been anything but humane, sensitive or even caring. They are arrogant, defensive and downright rude. Where is the love? Where is the humility? Doesn’t it occur to these people that they occupy seats of trust?”

Further, the police have become very predictable with their pat responses: “The dead were criminals. They behaved in a suspicious manner. They tried to evade/resist arrest. They drove away dangerously. Weapons were later found. Police acted by the rules. The law allows them to defend themselves” (Free Malaysia Today)

Cold Blooded

Seven months after Aminulrasyid was gunned down, three youths between the ages of 15 and 22 were shot dead after a reported high-speed car chase in Shah Alam. They were suspected of robbing a petrol station. Two of the families of the trio claimed that they were killed by the police in cold blood.

Lawmakers on both sides of the political divide demanded that newly-installed IGP Ismail Omar end the indiscriminate fatal police shootings. DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang declared: “It would appear that with the change of IGP, there is no change in the police culture as such.”

Before the year ended, human rights and legal reform advocates “Lawyers for Liberty” highlighted the seriousness of the situation. The number of fatal shootings by the police rose 17-fold since 2001 – from five in 2001 to a shocking total of 82 in 2008 and 88 in 2009.

Judging from Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein’s curt, cold and caustic response, it is very clear that such “extrajudicial killings” will continue on in Bolehland! He said there was no surge in the number of fatal shootings. The matter was just being “sensationalized” in parliament. There could be a “slight increase” after all.

Hishammuddin’s continued his hogwash: “Let the police respond on the data …If not, I would be asked this question every day when there are other serious matters to respond to”. The data provided was from the police themselves! And what is more “serious” than the safety and security of innocent lives of Malaysians?

There were also those who were shot by the police but who managed to survive, the latest being Ho Chei Hang who was shot four times by plainclothes police officers in Kepong in November. The story of Norizan Salleh who was mistakenly shot five times by police officers last year continued to receive public attention in 2010.

It is evident that the only effective way to keep the police in check and the only convincing government action is the formation of the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC). Sadly, the federal government has proven to be a big hindrance to such a necessary move, and for obvious reasons.

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written by educationist, March 25, 2011 21:14:18

"called “a culture of impunity”."- it is still there for the UMNOputras depend on these samsengs in uniforms to enforce their intimidation of the political opposition and the peaceful dissent among the rakyat!! ..

written by Malaysian66, March 25, 2011 14:44:51

UMNO Youth with guns! ...

written by batsman, March 25, 2011 13:32:43

Legalised psychopaths in uniforms? ...

written by durianbesar, March 25, 2011 12:19:27

someone is watching you police fcukheads and fcukwits..." including your pork eating children you motherfcuking Hishamuddin and Nazrifcukhead's pork and alcohol eating son.. who just screwed a minister's daughter... wait till the news comes out about her shannigans....."....

This is the new latest video romp that will now go around the internet... ..ha ha..

In a press statement entitled: “End Police Brutality now” a “deeply concerned” Malaysian Bar commented on the “inability of the coroner to make a definitive finding in this case” in spite of “the strength of the evidence pointing to the culpability of the police”.

Martin Jalleh

2010 was yet another year when the police were allowed to continue to operate in an environment of impunity when it came to their excessive methods in relation to arrest, detention and treatment of persons in custody.

Two tragic episodes in the year made the culture of police brutality increasingly obvious and gave further credence to the accusation that Bolehland has become a Police State.

The first was an “open verdict” delivered by a coroner’s court on 25 Oct. 2010 in an inquest to determine the cause of R Gunasegaran’s death in the Sentul police station on 16 July, 2009, a few hours after Teoh Beng Hock’s body was discovered.

In a press statement entitled: “End Police Brutality now” a “deeply concerned” Malaysian Bar commented on the “inability of the coroner to make a definitive finding in this case” in spite of “the strength of the evidence pointing to the culpability of the police”.

The second was the shocking story of K Selvach Santhiran, a key witness who implicated the police in the abovementioned inquest. His lawyer, N Surendran would describe his client’s nightmare as “the continuing descent of the police force into lawlessness”.

Police arrested Selvach on the very night of the inquest verdict. They hammered and humiliated him in front of his wife and children and hauled him off. For the next five days neither the IGP nor the Home Minister would confirm that Selvach had been arrested despite rising public misgivings.

On 30 Oct., pressured by the presence of more than 100 people in front of Bukit Aman and their refusal to disperse, police revealed that Selvach was remanded by the Dangerous Drugs Act. (Selvach, who was arrested together with Gunasegaran, was cleared of drug charges when his urine tested negative in 2008.)

After a very brief visit with Selvach, his wife S Saraswathy, Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) and Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) revealed that Selvach was tortured during his one week’s detention and taken to a hospital. A habeas corpus application was prepared to get Selvach released from remand.

Police ‘sabotaged’ the habeas corpus hearing by obtaining a two-year detention order of Selvach by Home Minister Hishammudin Tun Hussein. Selvach was transferred to the Batu Gajah Detention Camp on 14 Dec. 2010 and was not given a chance to meet his family members.

The injustice done to Selvach was not an isolated incident. The “Memorandum of Protest” to the IGP submitted by LFL and Suaram on behalf of the Selvach’s family very accurately describes it as “…a continuation of a long standing series of acts by the police that showed their contempt for the rights of the people…”

The police were sending out a very strong message – think twice before you testify against us, we will teach you a lesson, you will be tortured, taken from your home and thrown into prison with the tacit approval of the higher authorities!

Further examples of the police’s culture of impunity in 2010 were the high-handed manner in which the police dealt with the participants of the peaceful assembly who gathered at Masjid Negara on 5 Dec., 2010 and the alleged beating and robbing of businessman Chia Buang Ting by several police officers.

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written by educationist, March 25, 2011 21:07:25

"The police were sending out a very strong message – think twice before you testify against us, we will teach you a lesson, you will be tortured, taken from your home and thrown into prison with the tacit approval of the higher authorities!" - this is very frightening yet all of us know to be true of the state of the police force in our country now!! ..

written by batsman, March 25, 2011 13:31:13

Legalised assassins in uniform? Working for whom I wonder? ...

written by Ken Liew, March 25, 2011 12:57:17

Durianbesar, I said this, and i say it again.... Police and Polis are 2 words that can from 2 different planet.
Police are to be respected for all people. But you can trash Polis in a trash can and still feel insulting the trash can... ...

written by durianbesar, March 25, 2011 12:16:16

FCUK the police di raja Malaysia... the cock sucking UMNO dick heads.... becareful.. about time the RAKYAT police the police and judge the police..... every action....  

Umno and its cohorts has never had to bear up with any blinding tear gas or burning chemical-laced water from a water cannon. They were never brutalised or bludgeoned by the batons of bullies in blue, or bundled into police vehicles or beaten up in a police cell.

Martin Jalleh

Bolehland celebrates the 204th Police Day today. We thank God for each member of the PDRM for risking and putting their lives on the line every day for us and the countless unseen and untold sacrifices they have made.

We would like to believe that the country is at peace because of the police.

Sadly though a review of the performance of the police force last year (2010) indicates the failure of the government’s professed intention of improving the level of public confidence in the country’s police force.

In a four-part series. the reader will be able to see how in 2010, the police

a) aggressively and indiscriminately denied certain citizens the constitutional right to the freedom of speech and assembly

b) abused and used arbitrarily the wide powers of arrest and detention

c) acted with impunity and complete disregard for constitutional and judicial safeguards.

d) arrogantly showed their contempt for the rights of the people that resulted in gross abuse of police powers leading to brutality, torture, prolonged detention, shooting, custodial violence and death.

Part I: Police Preferred to Play Politics

In March 2010, then then IGP Musa Hassan’s insisted that “the police did not take into account the political leanings of anyone, including politicians, when conducting their investigation…”

Musa was only fooling himself. There were ample examples in 2010 of the police being blatantly and brazenly biased towards the powers that be. This can be especially seen in the double standards it displayed.

Umno and its cohorts has never had to bear up with any blinding tear gas or burning chemical-laced water from a water cannon. They were never brutalised or bludgeoned by the batons of bullies in blue, or bundled into police vehicles or beaten up in a police cell.

In 2010, the police appeared to believe in and guarded Umno’s constitutional right to the freedom of speech and assembly. They were guaranteed convenient and comfortable passage to and from the place they held their demonstrations. No action was taken even though it was later confirmed it was an “illegal gathering”.

Such was the case when in February about 300 Umno Youth, Perkasa and MIC Youth members besieged the Australian High Commission to protest against the 50 Australian Members of Parliament who had called for the sodomy charges against Anwar Ibrahim to be dropped.

In the same month, police gave their blessings to some 1,000 members of Perkasa and Selangor Umno to march from the Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz mosque to the Selangor State Secretariat Building to protest the state government's handling of the quit rent issue involving Yayasan Basmi Kemiskinan.

In sharp contrast, police subjected the Opposition to “petty prosecutions”. They made it their job to deny, disturb, disrupt and derail events organized by the Opposition, civil groups (like Hindraf) or concerned citizens.

In March they disrupted Pakatan Rakyat gatherings in Kepong and Kelab Sultan Sulaiman field, held to celebrate the second anniversary of its 8 March success. In July, they “ambushed” a dinner-talk in Rengit, Johor. Such senseless police aggression was also seen in Changkat Lada, Perak and many other places throughout 2010.

In March, acting on police reports made by the police themselves, the police interrogated Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim over “sensitive issues” which he had supposedly raised during his ceremahs in Penang. Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and about 15 other elected representatives were also questioned.

"I think this is too much…We strongly resent and protest this continued intimidation by the police force... the police are out to prevent us from carrying out our duties. They should focus on problems of security and criminals and not be subservient to Umno leaders," Anwar lambasted the police.

On 1 August 30 people were arrested in Petaling Jaya for attending an anti-ISA candlelight vigil to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the ISA. On that same night, police also arrested four people in another vigil held at the Speakers’ Square in Penang.

Police confirmed that they knew of the presence at the same spot of pro-ISA members believed to be Umno representatives and that they were there “to create trouble and agitate”. Yet, no one amongst that group was reprimanded or arrested.

The police also stood idly by when a group of pro-ISA protestors disrupted an Anti-ISA Forum in Penang in November. Would the police do the same if a group were to disrupt a forum organized by Umno?

The year ended with the men in blue at their biased best! On 5 Dec. riot police fired tear gas and sprayed chemical-laced water to disperse some 3,000 protesters as they attempted to march to Istana Negara to submit a memorandum urging the King to intervene in the on-going dispute between the state government and water management company Syabas. About 50 protesters were also arrested.

Of course, the police did not mind the 300 or so protestors of the Anti-Penyelewengan Selangor (Gaps) or anti-Selangor government movement gathered at Stadium Merdeka. They sent a delegation to the palace by car and submitted the memorandum on the water issue to a palace representative.

From the examples given above and still more, the Police failed to “act fairly, independently and professionally” in 2010. They remained for yet another year – the Police Farce!

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written by educationist, March 25, 2011 20:55:57

"Police Preferred to Play Politics " - Martin, u hit the nail squarely on the head with that statement!!

That in a nutshell, spells all that ails our police force!!

Rather than putting effort into public security enforcement duties, they prefer to help the UMNOputras intimidate peaceful protestors!! ...

written by mjpop, March 25, 2011 19:02:31

and they r muslim mostly.

menghinakan agama and bangsa. ..

written by myhhlim, March 25, 2011 15:21:46

It is timefor sarawakian to organise more protests ..

written by eloofk, March 25, 2011 14:46:10

They have carved out a good name for themselves very appropriately and our family members call them

"Policing Thugs!" ...

written by Aduh, March 25, 2011 14:37:51

" Public Confidence In Police Plummeted In 2010 " What a gross understatement ?!?!?!. It happened as early as late 90s. .

written by Taikohtai, March 25, 2011 14:31:33

Can Pakatan second the Head of PDRM from another country from the Commonwealth to ensure neutrality, fairness and fair dinkum? Australia has done it, Hong Kong has done it and look at their police force! ..

written by batsman, March 25, 2011 13:29:30

Aisehman - only now plummetting? This means I am ahead of the public. My confidence in the police was in negative territory a long time ago. .

written by Ken Liew, March 25, 2011 12:53:24

I always have FAITH in The Polis. For they are more gangster then a gangster.... More Mat Rempit then a a Mat Rempit. More Snatcher then a Pick pocket. More Brutality then a Barbarian.

They are also MORE LOYAL to Cash/power then a Dog to his master. They Claim more OT and Bonus then any other Arms forces. But yet, they are so poor in responsibility. Polis Gang bang an armless you, when you in a gang of 2, they will start shoot you.

Malaysia Polis is the Least casualty and injury in the world rating. For their Experience of Shoot 1st ask later. For Bullet counts are NOT in their Normal duty. ...

written by alpha1, March 25, 2011 12:32:12

We never had confidence in them in the first place! Licensed thugs! ...

written by durianbesar, March 25, 2011 12:13:25

MOtherfcuking police officers and IGP and NAJIS whole gomen has to be executed.. kamikaze style with C4.... or better still bersek police officers in a "Tombstone" like gun slinging gun fight...

The police from Jude Blacious LIar to all the other fcuking police and gomen fcukwith civil servants to the dud fcukwit uniformed organisations my asssss and all that comes out of it and I am sure the Rakyat will vote you motherfcukers and fatherfcukers out there...

I just got off the wrongside of the bed.... NOW 3 cheers to M.Jalleh.....