What a shame! After the farce of the Selangor Chief Police Officer’s stolen official car, which was returned by the thief in panic after two days with an apology note for stealing the wrong car, a Deputy Minister has lost his car.
Will the Deputy Minister get his car back like the Selangor CPO with an “apology note” too left on the dashboard of the car abandoned on the roadside?
Most unlikely. I understand the Deputy Minister concerned is Senator A. Kohilan Pillai. He is unlikely to be as lucky as the Selangor CPO for the simple reason that he cannot strike fear among the thieves and handlers of stolen goods of “hell to pay” that the Selangor CPO could!
The twin episodes of the different fates of the two stolen cars of the two VIPs would make excellent butt of jokes and would definitely be good for laughs if not for the serious security crisis in the country which they highlighted.
If it is so easy for the official cars of the Selangor CPO (though “returned” with apology note in two days) and the Deputy Foreign Minister to be stolen, what is safe in the country?
When did Malaysia become so unsafe – not only to property but also to life and limb, that Malaysia’s endemic crime is regarded as an unfavourable factor causing decline of Malaysia’s international competitiveness and driving away foreign investments to Malaysia?
This is why I am utterly shocked by the speech of the Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein in London last night urging Malaysians “to defend and not to demonise the police force”.
Hishammuddin, as reported by Malaysian Insider, said that instead of constantly attacking the police, the public must support the force as it was one of the institutional pillars that formed the spine of the country.
Speaking to some 100 students at the Malaysian Students’ Department in London, Hishammuddin said:
“I want to assure everybody, that the morale of the police also has to be safeguarded and balanced. Clear demonisation does not help anybody.
“Malaysia is in transition. In times of change, there is always a tendency to demonise these institutions without basis, without study, discussion and understanding” referring to institutions such as law enforcement and the judiciary.
This is a completion distortion of the truth as there is no demonization of the police by any quarter.
For instance, my political record of 44 years in Parliament and outside can stand any public scrutiny that I have fully supported the police as an important and indispensable institution of any civilized nation as all Malaysians have the right to demand that any government must deliver on its most fundamental duties – a competent and efficient police force to keep the citizenry, both life, limb and property, safe from harm.
I have always supported and even advocated increase of wages and improvement of working conditions for the country’s policemen, but I will not tolerate any “black sheep” in the police, for they are the ones who are responsible for bringing the whole police institution into disrepute and the cause of the police crisis of confidence today.
Hishammuddin is also very sparing with the truth in trying to create the impression that Malaysia is in a transition and more time is needed for the people to see results.
The campaign for police reform did not start when Hishammuddin became Home Minister a year ago.
It went much further back. At the end of 2003, the then new Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi formed a Police Royal Commission to reform the police because it was already suffering from a crisis of confidence.
The Police Royal Commission came out with 125 reform recommendations to create an efficient, incorruptible, professional world-class police service focussed on three core functions – to keep crime low, to eradicate corruption and to uphold human rights.
However, the Barisan Nasional government refused to adopt the most important of these recommendations for police reform, i.e. the establishment of an Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC).
If an IPCMC had been established as recommended by the Police Royal Commission, 14-year-old Form III student from Shah Alam, Aminulrasyid Amzah would still be alive today and not fall victim to trigger-happy police shooting and killing some 100 metres from his Shah Alam house on April 26 at 2 am, whose only crime was underaged and unlicensed driving of his sister’s car to watch live football at the Shah Alam neighbourhood mamak stall with his friends.
I am also flabbergasted and outraged that Hishammuddin could be so irresponsible as to blame Malaysian women on Mother’s Day for the exaggeration of the endemic crime situation in the country.
Hishammuddin said in London that the level of street crimes in Malaysia was exaggerated by the “continuous chattering” that made it seem worse.
He said: “Most victims are women. What do women do? They go to the hairdressers… they chit-chat and suddenly it is everywhere and cause people to fear”.
Hishammuddin should apologise for his insult to Malayhsian women on Mother’s Day blaming women’s “chattering” for exaggerating the crime problem and demonizing the police.
In any event, what is Hishammuddin doing to London, when he should have cancelled his London trip to address the security crisis arising from the heinous police killing of Aminulrasyid?
“His Shame Mood In” couldn’t have picked a better time to insult Malaysian women than during Mothers’ Day. I wonder how much ‘chatterings’ are done by his wive (wives?)…
So, Sibu folks (esp. women) should send a crystal clear message to umno/bn by voting for DAP.
CHANGE WE MUST !
Sdr Lim, I wouldn’t be as generous as you. Contrary to Kris’ statement, the police are not one of the institutional pillars that formed the spine of the country. For a country like Malaysia, a national police force is too powerful and too overwhelming for their own good. We should break up the national police force and place them under the respective state jurisdiction. We just need to keep a small outfit at federal level for international crimes and crimes that involves more than one states. The national police force has slowly emerged as a third force that may someday become the king maker who shall take the helm of federal government.
Talking like an idiot as usual. Anyone expects something intelligent from him would come in for a disappointment. How can someone like him become a Home minister?
The police can work without the minister.They are well organised but at times they slip and kill.Some years ago under mama it will be silenced in all frontier but now with the internet the minister will be beaten and so the police need his protection.The police are our people and so our people can kill; nobody will be questioned.We can argue in any way.If the police do their work fairly without being overrun they will be respected otherwise the law will not be in order.
Hishammuddin should understand that the rakyat are his real boss and his paymaster. If his real boss (rakyat) is not satisfied with police performance, he should find ways to address the issue and not put the blame on the public for demonizing the police and on Malaysian women for exaggerating the crime problem.
Hishammuddin risks being voted out of office in the 13th GE if he continues to blame the public and Malaysian women for demonizing the police and exaggerating the crime problem.
How could Umnoputras and ketuanan melayu such as krismuddin who is thick-skinned and shameless would want to apologize to anyone let alone women.On the contrary if they do,malaysia would have been a happy and united nation already.
Uncle Lim, at least he didn’t blame things on the breasts of women like someone in Iran who blamed earthquakes on these life sustaining organs!
Smart politicians would not upset their kingmakers.
‘BADLY BROUGHT-UP’ HISAPPUDDING
Born stupid and spoon-fed for life, low IQ, if in Singapore this guy will be deported and sold as slave to another country.
It can’t be anything else except the writing is ON THE WALL! A gomen cannot afford to shoot itself practically everyday.
“Malaysia is in transition. In times of change, there is always a tendency to demonise these institutions without basis, without study, discussion and understanding” referring to institutions such as law enforcement and the judiciary” – Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein.
It is not factually correct to say that “there is a tendency to demonise these institutions without basis” when one considers the following:-
1. on law enforcement, it was the Royal Commission to Enhance the Operation and Management of the Royal Malaysia Police formed by the government itself in 2005 that after investigations based on “study, discussion and understanding” police procedures, found this institution (PDRM) wanting/lacking in many areas, as a result of which the Royal Commission made 125 recommendations out of which the most important proposed was the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) that todate is yet to be implemented by the government; and
2. on the Judiciary, it was another Royal Commission of Inquiry Into the V.K. Lingam Video Clip formed by the government itself in late 2007 that after after investigations based on “study, discussion and understanding” of what transpired, made findings implicating two former Chief Justices, a prominent lawyer and two others of intervention into the judicial appointment process of Malaysian judges purportedly occurring in 2002. Although the goivernment has not taken action against the Five, when the Five applied to the High Court for a court order to challenge/squash the findings of that Royal Commission of Inquiry that implicated them, High Court judge Justice Abdul Kadir Musa on December 12th 2008 dismissed the applications by the Five for a judicial review of the Royal Commission of Inquiry’s findings. This means that the Royal Commission of Inquiry’s findings – that there were elements substantiating allegations of illegal intervention into the judicial appointment process of Malaysian judges – still stand uncontradicted.
So in relation to “institutions such as law enforcement and the judiciary” it is not just “a tendency to demonise these institutions without basis, without study, discussion and understanding”.
It is vindicated by the very findings/recommendations of the two Royal Commissions of Inquiry formed by the governmment itself on law enforcement and the judiciary in 2005 and 2007 respectively.
Seems like we have a lot of brainless ministers in Malaysia, LOL.
QUOTE: This is why I am utterly shocked by the speech of the Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein in London last night urging Malaysians “to defend and not to demonise the police force”.
Well, I agree with Hisham that we should defend and not demonize the police force. We can’t fault them for being scared of the criminals… after all, they are just as human as we are. And if the criminals dare to steal their boss’s car, it is clear that these criminals are just too dangerous. We may shoot young defenseless boys but when it comes to criminals, they too have firearms and and it would be foolish to risk one’s life over such a miserable pay. Let us therefore not demonize our police force. Let us take our parang or kitchen knives and help defend them.
This He-Shame must be in Putrajaya ivory tower eavesdropping on women’s chattering, whether in the hair saloons, toilets, kindies, playgrounds, kitchens or offices.
He should go down to the streets and see for himself the real situation. Or maybe get mugged to feel the real fears, pains and loss of victims of crimes. Word of mouth does not increase or exagerate crimes as this He-Shame thinks.
The truth is out there, He-Shame! Our mothers, wives, girlfriends, daughters and maids really don’t feel safe nowadays, so what’s wrong with “chit-chating” about it?
Hishamm ( Warning Minister) , comeback what are doing in London
Go to Sibu ,campaign and make sure people vote for BN
Bunch of suckers, they brag, blah and suck as they wish! This is true identity of BN/UMNO. Like Hanjin Chengho, he sucks the most and the craps in this blog. Those are mama-toppers, nothing else, just funs at topping their mama’s….
Of the 6,500 fatal road accidents involving cars and motorcycles in 2008, 41 per cent were unlicensed drivers between the ages of 15 and 25. Last year, 16- and 17-year-olds made up 67 per cent of unlicensed drivers who died in car crashes.
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/20100510075625/Article/index_html
I think malaysian women should do something similar to boobquake to show the pea-brain keris that women’s chattering has nothing to do with crime rate. Start a massive chattering tweet on crime ladies!
Our country crime has dropped claimed that ‘Kerismuddim” guy. What a joke la!! The theft of two so called VIPs cars is a glaring example. Actually the crime wave has become worst. The robbers dont care a dime whether they are VIP or VVIP these guys were. Who cares!!! Perhaps what that kerismuddin guy meant was, his pants has dropped instead, literally.
Duncha love UMNO parliamentarian. Foot in Mouth seems to be the favourite past time. All seem to have a PhD in Engage Mouth Before Brain.
We have ex-Jerai asking us ‘pendatang’ to “keluar dari M’sia”, then we have Kinabatangan insulting women re:leaking (ironically he has no shame in breaking the law by illegally marrying his starlet), then we have Nazri sneering at Karpal’s plight in wheelchair,Nazri again with his latest “anak jantan” “anak betina” Foot in Mouth …
As for Keris apologising, you gotta be joking. Since when does Ketuanan party apologise. They already said “kalau tak suka, keluar dari M’sia” in parliament.
Kerismuddin should know that big business in Malaysia of the underground kind is in cahoots with the enforcement agencies. DVDs are openly sold everywhere, and there is a toll for each outlet. If you don’t pay a toll, the outlet is harrassed and raided until the outlet owner gives up. How do you think China dolls all show up in every town in Bolehland if there is no connivance from the Immigration Dept and the Police ? Illegal betting is big business, and gangsters routinely pay their respects to those whose mission is to close down the illegal gambling dens.
The theft of cars ? The thieves know the Police and the Police know who the thieves are. It is a “live and let live” mentality. So Pillai’s car will be returned with a similar note of apology because it is not in the thieves’ interest to steal a “hot” car. The problem with the rest of us mere mortals is that we are not so “hot”.
Kerismuddin knows all these, but he belongs to the “hot” crowd.
CPO selangor’s car kena sapu. That is the greatest challenge issued by criminals to kerismudin’s police force. And as if that was not enough, the thieves decided to up the challenge another notch, presumably in the face of the police’s fondness to shoot and kill on the spot. The thieves returned the car with the note “SORRY. PDRM. Tersilap sapu.” See they are playing a game. They telling the police that they are good – good enough to sapu when they want to and to return if they want to. They are making a mickey of those men and women in blue.
So why dont you fellas go and get your C4 out. Like NOW!
And seriously do we want any apology from the idiot with a permanent joker’s grin? Get batman to punch his face in. He would look better that way. I am honest.
But let me do it for him anyway:
“I kerismudin would apologise to all women in malaysia if they promise not to chatter too much on crimes in the country.”
There. Hows dat huh? Good. Aint it?
Big mouth mud din has a brain-problem or what?
He should go for plastic surgery to reduce the size of his mouth, and cut away the tongue.
The public does not need to demonize the police force. They are already the demons with the devil in command.
Big nose is talking like the police are paid to do nothing. When they merely do their job, wow!!! , it is so great. Did he realize that 99% of citizen do not have round the clock guards to protect us unlike big nose and his umno gangs?
Everytime umno ministers open their mouths, you can either laugh or feel that they are talking to kindergarten pupils. This is umno standard. Gaya mesti ada.
So much have been spoken about the devils and hypocrites.
But all must not forget….CORRUPTIONS is the key factor….we need to vote UMNO B out.
Lets see Sibu voters support this or not.
Hussein Onn was a sophisticated man, intelligent and confident; military background in the tradition of Dehra Dun; respected politician, a lovely Malaysian.
Leave more unsaid.