A breakdown in Malaysian policing and defence
Sebagai pemimpi
tertinggi negara, mengapa Najib mendiamkan diri saja? Sudah melebihi 14 hari
tentera Sulu menceroboh Sabah tapi masalah tetap tidak selesai. Terbukti BN
lemah & tidak berupaya mempertahankan tanah air kita......Tukar !
Our Malaysia police
force is really stupid. All they know is to hide behind trees and under bridges
to nab speeding traffic. They are absolutely useless and nothing but bullies.
Recently, just before the Chinese New Year holidays started, they dropped some
leaflets into our letter box and requested us to inform the nearest police
station of our absence during the holidays. I bumped into my neighbour who
quipped, " Inform the police while we are away ? Not in a million years. I
don't trust them "
Sadly, this is the state
of affairs in the country. If the people cannot put their trust in the police
force, there is no more hope for security. If things don't improve, matters
will get worse. We are regressing … sigh …
I remembered those days
when I was a reporter in the crime beat. The police, with whom I mixed with
daily, was tough, fair and firm. They were still corrupted then, as with in
most countries, but at least they were honourable in their dealings. They gave
some leeway to some underground elements with the returns of catching bigger
culprits. They labelled them as informers and opened up informers file on them
and there were rules governing the leeway given.
Someone high above
abused the system to their personal advantage and the police force becomes what
it is today - cowardly with no sense of knowing what is right and what is
wrong.
The police farce in Lahad Datu — Donald
Pinto
FEBRUARY 26, 2013
FEB 26 — How
incredible can this be? The police treat some 100 armed militants with kid
gloves but accuse a Filipino reporter with Al Jazeera's English service of
being a spy with the "Royal Sulu Sultanate Army".
The media reported
today Jamela Alindongan was accused several times of working with the
self-styled army while being questioned by unidentified Special Branch
officers.
Despite Alindongan
showing them her employee ID, she was questioned for two-and-a-half hours, the
longest among the three Al Jazeera crew detained in the sea off Tanjung Labian
village, near the Lahad Datu standoff between Malaysian security forces and
Sulu sultanate supporters, on February 20.
Can the police explain
this? How do you treat one unarmed person this way but give almost-royal
treatment to this rag-tag bunch of armed men.
At best, they are
invaders, at worst just a bunch of pirates who have been treated too well too
long.
This is embarrassing
for Malaysians. We have a police force which can't tell the difference between
what is dangerous and what is harmless.
How much more do the
police want to shame us with this farcical behaviour?
They can't chase a
group of men from Malaysian territory but they will play rough with a
journalist.
We need a higher
standard for our police force, not this farce of a police who can't keep peace
and security in every part of Malaysia.
* Donald Pinto reads
The Malaysian Insider.
* This is the personal
opinion of the writer or publication and does not necessarily represent the
views of The Malaysian Insider.
Following · 9 minutes ago
Armed "Royal Military"
gunman holed-up in Lahad Datu for the third week, confirmed reports of gunfire
about 24 hours ago but claimed that they were merely shots to warn off the
Malaysian security forces.
Azzimudie Kiram, the brother Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, told Malaysiakini that a sentry spied six Malaysian soldiers approaching Kampung Tanduo some 130km from Lahad Datu town at around 5pm yesterday and fired into the air.
"Everybody jumped and went there, so I followed. When I arrived, I asked him (the sentry) what had happened.
"They told me that the shots were aimed at the sky to warn them that they have been spotted. According to them there were six Malaysian soldiers in three groups and they ran away," he said over the phone.
Azzimudie Kiram, the brother Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, told Malaysiakini that a sentry spied six Malaysian soldiers approaching Kampung Tanduo some 130km from Lahad Datu town at around 5pm yesterday and fired into the air.
"Everybody jumped and went there, so I followed. When I arrived, I asked him (the sentry) what had happened.
"They told me that the shots were aimed at the sky to warn them that they have been spotted. According to them there were six Malaysian soldiers in three groups and they ran away," he said over the phone.
