The Royal Malaysian Police Force: Incident I

My sister’s handbag was snatched the other night. It happens when she was on her way to pick up her car with her boyfriend after a late night dinner. Luckily she and her boyfriend were not hurt seriously. However, this is not what I would like to highlight here today. News on bag snatchers is very common. So ladies, please practice some precautions. Don’t let this happen to you and regret about it later. FYI my sis’s belongings are all gone with her bag, which includes a brand new iPhone 4S. Sigh.

Anyways, what I would like to highlight today was the inefficiency of the Royal Malaysian Police Force (Police DiRaja Malaysia, PDRM). With all due respect, I’m just telling the truth of what happened when my sis went reporting at the police station after the incident. At that moment, her boyfriend was still able to track the whereabouts of the snatch thieves (2 motorcyclists), as my sis always switched on her iPhone’s “locations”. Immediately, they informed the police officers, with a hope that the police is able to help recover the stolen stuff and lock up the 2 snatch thieves.

Guess what were the replies of the police officers?

They asked my sis and her boyfriend to look for the thieves themselves, and call the “Gerakan Khas” police force once they spotted the thieves without alerting the thieves. A telephone number, should be the hotline to the “Gerakan Khas” team, were given to them. My sis & her boyfriend were stunted and stoned.

Sorry for my language but I would just like to say “WTF!”

How dare they ask civilians, whom are with no knowledge on how to pursue criminals, no weapons for protection, to put themselves in such dangerous front? The police officers are trained and well equipped to do such things. Furthermore this time, they do have tips on the whereabouts of the thieves. No more excuses. Yet, this kind of response was given. This is an international huge joke!

In 1829 Sir Richard Mayne wrote:
"The primary object of an efficient police is the prevention of crime: the next that of detection and punishment of offenders if crime is committed. To these ends all the efforts of police must be directed. The protection of life and property, the preservation of public tranquillity, and [at] the absence of crime, will alone prove whether those efforts have been successful and whether the objects for which the police were appointed have been attained."

The efficiency of the Malaysia’s royal police force is in need to be questioned seriously. If they couldn’t protect the lives and properties of us civilians, who are supposed to be responsible for that? Perhaps too many corruptions in the country lead to the happening of such event? Seriously disappointed.

According to a report by The Sun Daily on Oct, 2011, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced that Malaysia is ranked 19th safest country in the world. I seriously doubt this! I believe there are many more crimes go unreported because the people are sick with the efficiency of our police force. People just don’t bother to report anymore because they know there will be no outcome.