How should we judge a government?

In Malaysia, if you don't watch television or read newspapers, you are uninformed; but if you do, you are misinformed!

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." - Malcolm X

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience - Mark Twain

Why we should be against censorship in a court of law: Publicity is the very soul of justice … it keeps the judge himself, while trying, under trial. - Jeremy Bentham

"Our government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no
responsibility at the other. " - Ronald Reagan

Government fed by the people

Government fed by the people

Career options

Career options
I suggest government... because nobody has ever been caught.

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?
Corruption is so prevalent it affects English language?

When there's too much dirt...

When there's too much dirt...
We need better tools... to cover up mega corruptions.

Prevent bullying now!

Prevent bullying now!
If you're not going to speak up, how is the world supposed to know you exist? “Orang boleh pandai setinggi langit, tapi selama ia tidak menulis, ia akan hilang di dalam masyarakat dan dari sejarah.” - Ananta Prameodya Toer (Your intellect may soar to the sky but if you do not write, you will be lost from society and to history.)

Monday, November 22, 2010

Chicken and Egg situation?

Aren't the police supposed to be exemplary in their conduct to expect trust and respect from the public? Are we expected to trust the police despite the many cases of 'shoot to kill', deaths in detention, corrupt acts which made the innocent parties guilty while the guilty go scotfree, and so on? Which should come first: good police conduct or public trust in police? The last I heard, many people said they had given up reading anything from Lee Lam Thye ...

From The Sunday Star:

Negative perception of police can be seen as new ‘crime’: Lam Thye

KUALA LUMPUR: The community’s negative perception of the police can be seen as a new “crime” which should be curbed immediately, said Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation vice-chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye.

He said this problem had been identified some time ago but efforts to curb it demanded time and collaboration from many quarters.

“When a crime takes place, there are victims who prefer not to report it to the police, thinking that the process will be dragged out.

“This does not help the police in curbing crime. In fact, a new problem emerges - the negative perception towards crime prevention, especially the police,” he said.

Lee was speaking to Bernama after a roundtable of the National Key Results Area (NKRA) on crime reduction at Wisma Bernama here recently.

More where that came from:


I have also read about the robbery in Jalan Maarof, Bangsar, KL where the person who called the police was cut off from giving further information. As it turned out, the police arrived in two patrol cars but the robbers managed to escape, apparently through the opening (should have been bricked up according to strict building rules) between the ceilings and the roofs of the terrace houses.

I have personally experienced the loss of a car in Ipoh within 30 minutes. I wish the police could have taken down the make and description of the car and registration number and pass the information to those police on patrol at the time. But no, according to regulation, a police report has to be made first, and it took almost two hours which my diabetic wife nearly fainted because of low blood sugar level. Of course, any hope of recovering just vanished after the delay in making the report, and the impression the police gave that it was gone and unrecoverable by now. With the negative perception of other faults of the police, do you still expect us to inform the police when we are going away on holiday? Or make a police report when the police are even likely to tell you not to, so as not spoil the statistics?
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1 comment:

What's the use? said...

There was a robbery at about 8 am in Puchong a few days ago. It was reported and the police came after 10. What's the use?