At last, Malaysians appear to have got the answer to the three-year mystery why Malaysians suffer increasing fear of crime in the midst of official claim of drastic fall in crime rate.
This came in the form of an email from a righteous and patriotic police officer with more than 30 years in service, which I received on Tuesday, 21st August, during the last day of my four-day 500-km visit to Sabah interior.
The email, under the subject “Crime Statistics – Let the truth be told”, had also been sent to other receipients and has since been published widely on news portals and websites.
In the email, the police officer who said he wished to remain anonymous, wrote:
“The police and Pemandu have feigned ignorance about the crime statistics manipulation. The figures dished out does not reflect the actual crime situation. How the figures were doctored is explained in the attached article. In fact the police and Pemandu knows about the manipulation but unable to undo the wrong.
“The public’s fear is justified. The police are in the wrong track of tackling crime.”
This police officer explained in his article:
In 2009, the Government came up with the ‘Government Transformation Program’ (GTP) and ‘crime’ was amongst the ‘National Key Result Area’ (NKRA). The Key Performance Index (KPI) set for the police on the 27 July 2009 under the NKRA was to reduce crime by 20%.
That tall order to reduce crime by 20% was a dilemma for the police. The police knew that the demand is idealistic but not feasible to be achieved. Any criminologist will tell that crime is the product of socio-economic factors and the police being a part of the criminal justice system cannot alone tackle this issue.
However, in upholding the dignity and image, the police succumbed to the political pressure in agreeing to achieve the targeted KPI set under the NKRA. With the prevailing policing standard and practice the police may be able to contain the crime situation to a certain extent, but to reduce it by 20% is absolutely a feat impossible. So, in desperate times, desperate measures are taken.
The anonymous police officer explained and exposed in detail the systemic police attempt to lower the crime statistics by shifting the index crime to the non-index crime, as the latter is not considered serious to warrant inclusion in the crime statistics to determine the crime situation.
This run into several thousand cases. For instance:
• Robbery cases under the Penal Code was classified as index crime. This offence is subsequently reclassified as a non-index crime under section 382 of the Penal Code. Since section 382 of the Penal Code is a non-index crime, it will not be reflected in the crime statistics;
• Burglary under section 457 of the Penal Code is an index crime. This offence is reclassified as a non-index crime under sections 452 or 453 of the Penal Code. Since sections 452 and 453 of the Penal Code are non-index crimes, they will not be reflected in the crime statistics; and,
• Causing hurt under sections 324 and 326 are index crimes. These offences are reclassified under section 148 of the Penal Code. And since section 148 of the Penal Code is a non-index crime, it will not be reflected in the crime statistics.
The silence from the Home Minister, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin, the NKRA Ministers Datuk Sri Idris Jalil and Tan Sri Dr. Koh Tsu Koon in the past three days is both thunderous and deafening for with all the data at their command, they should have been able to instantly rebut the serious allegations of dishonest statistics tampering by the anonymous police officer so as to present a false picture to Malaysians of a drastic fall in crime index in the past three years and to brag about the hollow success of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib’s 1Malaysia Government Transformation Programmed (GTP).
The official theme of this year’s 55th Merdeka Day is “Janji Ditepati”. The anonymous but patriotic police officer who had debunked the false propaganda by the Home Minister and the two NKRA Ministers has underlined how empty and meaningless is this Merdeka Day theme.
If Hishammuddin, Idris Jal and Koh continue to keep their silence on the debunking of the false police claim and statistics about falling crime rate and index, then Malaysians must thank the anonymous police officer for performing his patriotic duty to answer the mystery question in the past three years – why Malaysians suffered increasing fear of crime in the past three years in the midst of official claim of continuous drastic fall in crime rate!
Then the time has also come for the country to have a new Home Minister who is serious about fighting crime and honest with Malaysians about the actual crime situation in the country.
Well, they may twist and turn. At the end of the day, if the rakyat do not feel secure, do you think they will still cast their votes to BN?
How to trust ?
Hisham will speak up after someone has spoken.
Koh speaks when he is told to speak.
If burglary is re-classified to house trespass, attempt at rape to outrage of modesty or sexual harassment, robbery to petty theft, assault to disorderly conduct or misdemeanor, where’s the line drawn and what’s there to stop arson to be re-classified to vandalism or culpable homicide from being described as suicide eventually? As categorization of offence based on gravity affects punishment, once serious offences are downplayed to minor felonies with the offenders let off easily, with lesser punishment, it would imply they are not deterred and will return to repeat the offence. This in turn increases the crime incidents. There are already pre-existing public misgivings of official claims of crime reduction based on statistics which are perceived not consonant with felt experience and anecdotal evidence. If the allegations of statistical manipulation by the police officer, who said he wished to remain anonymous, were not rebutted convincingly, a crisis of the criminal justice system will precipitate
yes, this is what we should do, vote PR !!
55 yrs of BN rule is already too long, we need a change for the better….
Menteri menteri TIPU, TIPU, TIPU.
Janji TIPU.
If even the Police can TIPU, who can we trust anymore?
Pemandu TIPU. All PEMANDU reports and all NKRA reports and statistics must be placed in DOUBT.
From BAD we have been ‘Transformed’ to GOOD but GOD knows of the FRAUD and the people must all know the truth as well.
This UMNO / BN government must be deemed to be GUILTY unless they prove their INNOCENCE.
BTW, is sodomy an index crime or non-index crime?
From another perspective, this manipulation of statistics is extremely dangerous as it affects National Security.
Heads must roll.
THIS is just symptomatic of Najib’s entire administration. Its just not crime, its the economy, its education, its the environment, probably include religion. The numbers are simply meaningless or at least unsubstantive.
Take for example claim of GDP growth of 5.4% in second quarter, Singapore may have slowed down faster because its economy is more external, but the numbers for the other surrounding countries which we compete has not come in and its likely to beat that given that they did in the 1st quarter also.. Whereas the other countries are spending on infrastructure, we are spending in BR1M and Felda ‘durian runtuh’..
Najib’s administration was from day 1 is an administration of appearances – one big Public Relation exercise rather than real.
Pemandu manipulates numbers all the time, so why should we be surprised ? Let’s take the FDI numbers. A multinational invests in a solar panel plant which costs Rm 1 billion for the first phase. The investor agrees that in 5 years, if all goes well, they will invest in a second phase costing RM 2 billion, and in 10 years’ time a third phase of Rm 3 billion. ‘if all goes well, subject to market conditions…..’ but what does Pemandu report ? A FDI number of RM 6 billion !
What has the IGP got to say about this? What about Sinister Hishamuddin?
Who audits the Police ? Is there a mastermind behind this ?
What then is the non-index crime index ? Has it shot up to the moon ?
So, this is the work of the devils we know?
And they want our votes?
In fact, with the Angel that we know so far, things have been far brighter.
Especially CAT, that was instituted by them to catch the mice.
It has been very effective in that respect.
Generally, good things are far more addictive than bad things.
So, after knowing how effective PR is, there is no turning back for the Malaysian electorate.
So, the die is cast!
All the UMNO/BN devils, including Mamak must prepare themselves for sentencing in the near future.
Errr umno, how many peope did you say participated in bersih 3.0?
Janji dicapati.
Rakyat di tipui.