Parliament: Cops scared of crooks, so base closed!
KUALA LUMPUR: A police beat base in the Chow Kit area of downtown Kuala Lumpur was closed down because it was in a location that was considered unsafe, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar.
In a written reply to Dr Lo’ Lo’ Mohamad Ghazali (PAS-Titiwangsa), Syed Hamid said the beat base was located in a dirty area where there was a possibility of being exposed to contagious diseases.
The presence of criminals also posed a threat to the safety of police officers, he said.
Lo’ Lo’ had asked why the beat base on Jalan Haji Taib was closed considering the high number of vice-related activities in the area, as well as what kind action had been taken by the police to curb such activities.
Syed Hamid said that the police were looking for a new location to build a police beat base that would be able to give “guaranteed and continued service to the public.”
Lo’ Lo’s was the 30th question in the Order Paper and hence did not get a mention in the House during the daily one-hour Question Time. However, Dr Mohd Hatta Ramli (PAS-Kuala Krai) managed to raise it when he interjected during Azmin Ali’s (PKR-Gombak) speech during the debate on Budget 2009.
Dr Mohd Hatta said that if the police themselves felt unsafe in a beat base, then it would be even worse for the public.
“The minister has to resign if he is worried about the safety of police in that area. Maybe it would be better to put the beat base in army barracks,” he said.
Dr Mohd Hatta then managed to raise the issue again during his own debate on Budget 2009 saying that Syed Ali’s response was not rational.
“The police are there to make a place safe. If they themselves are scared and run away, then how can we hope for others to want to be there?
“It is embarassing and that is why the criminals will always be there,” he said.
Dr Mohd Hatta said if the place is dirty, then it is up to the police to organise gotong-royong activities to clean it up or if they did not want to then they should move to Putrajaya or Parliament.
“And what is this about contagious diseases on Jalan Haji Taib? The only kind of contagious diseases that are present there are sexually-transmitted ones.
“Is the minister scared that his charges will contract such diseases? That kind of thing is a matter of choice. In any case, if this is what he is worried about then we are worried that the police are not above this.”
Dr Mohd Hatta added that the police had to be brave people and that they were a different breed altogether when facing demonstrators. He said he hoped that the minister would clarify his written answer in the House as this is not the kind of police that the people want.
Full Star article here.
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Yer know what I thought, folks? I had a feeling this news report was published for comic relief since all the other stuff in the MSM seems rather distressing and ominous to read.
But hey, guess who’s the bloke in the limelight again here? Yeah, right! Our one and only Brown Baldy, SHA, the Homey minister with the biggest club.. baseball bat.. kahunas.. busiest pen.. ok lah whatever lah.. defending the MIBs (men in blue).
Sooo.. the next time if there’s a crime occuring somewhere near you, don’t look for MIBs coz the light ain’t on and they definitely ain’t home. Please call your nearest MP for help or assistance. And if yours happen to be one from BN, may God bless you with a long and healthy life, plus a stainless steel front door.
P.S. The link in the Star report was provided by the paper itself. Go lah and read its relevance to the inconveniences our minister can dole out for our well-being.
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October 16, 2008 at 7:56 am
resident.wangsamaju
Now, closing down a beat base because of this reason is utterly ridiculous.
Checkout the misi and visi (mission and vision, ‘misi’ is not a synonym for ‘nurse’ please) at their website http://www.rmp.gov.my/:
* Memelihara Undang-Undang dan Ketenteraman
* Mengekalkan Keamanan dan Keselamatan Malaysia
* Mencegah dan Mengesan Penjenayah
* Menangkap dan Mendakwa Pesalah-Pesalah; dan
* Mengumpul Risikan Keselamatan.
Also, their ‘Hala Tuju’ are:
-Pemodenan & Pemantapan Organisasi
-Penambahbaikan Imej Pasukan
-Peningkatan Mutu Perkhidmatan Berlandaskan Sumber Manusia Yang Komited, Beretika Dan Terlatih
The above points are meaningless aren’t they, from public perception of the PDRM.
If PDRM presence is gone from Lorong Haji Taib who’s gonna keep society in check there- no beat base means no beat. Does this mean the beginning of vigilantism there. Who are we to blame if there are vigilante-related brutality? What happens when people start wearing Batman suits and start enforcing their own law there.
We should not support the next salary increment of the police that’s for sure. Mangkok people.
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Hiya V, the RMP are not to blame coz they can only cope with the situation with whatever has been allocated by the BN government. Besides, haven’t we heard of cops investigating cases who then submit their reports upstairs and further on to the AG’s office, only to be told later that NFA will be taken? For a notorious area such as LHT, the key element to circumvent crime is ‘street intelligence’ within the police force. And we need ‘good cops’ to make it happen. Installing CCTVs may help but then again, it will get stolen a day later. Sigh! – shar101.
October 16, 2008 at 8:29 am
resident.wangsamaju
Oops- should condemn SHA more since he’s the leader of this crap.
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No arguments from me on that point – shar101.
October 16, 2008 at 5:38 pm
apache
Dont you know the cops are busy watching the hindraf. They have just been labelled as nation threat. Thats is more urgent to the BN goverment.
Who cares abt the public mah. They need the murderers, mat rempits and robbers and rapists to support them in the GE.
I heard they will be building new police beat base near to all suspected hindraf member’s house. More safer ma
October 16, 2008 at 8:29 pm
su
Someone should really ask, who actually called for the closing down of the police beat base? Total close down, or relocation?
And really lah, if it’s that ‘dangerous’ and ‘unhealthy’, someone should ask what the authorities are doing about it, other than ‘saving the police’.
The police are trained to face the dangerous; normal people like you and me are not. If the situation in Chow Kit is so dangerous that even the police have to be moved out, then what of the safety of the normal untrained people there?
And the same about unhealthiness. Do something about it lah! Where’s the Health Ministry? There are ‘contagious diseases’ there! Someone go quarantine the place or something!
October 16, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Meggy
This is the most riduculous and shameful reason I’ve heard that it’s utterly unbelievable! Cowards for cops, what else do we need? Contagious disease? Hello, if you get contaminated, it’s because you went to have a nice time with the ladies of the night without your “raincoat”, and “It doesn’t rain in Southern California but it POURS”
October 16, 2008 at 9:14 pm
shadowmode
not chicken. PUSSIES!
October 16, 2008 at 9:24 pm
alamghaib
ALBURR .you resign right away. you make us all fools by voting you to parliment. polis should ptotect not run away, understand stupid home minister. RESIGN RIGHT AWAY, WHAT TYPE OF HOME MINISTER WE HAVE. you really make malaysia shameful.we can’t face d world because of you. STUPID ALBURR. RESIGN NOW SHAME ON YOU. WHERE IS YOUR BRAIN. IN YOUR ARSE.
October 16, 2008 at 9:53 pm
travic
Great! The place got cleaned up and off with the police now! Nowhere to be seen and it’s time to party and play more!
Can’t help thinking whether the underworld had conveniently taken care of the matter, not only in the high places but visually and physically at the low places too!
October 16, 2008 at 10:01 pm
kkitsam
aiya easy la, arrest the police under ISA la, since ISA can arrest someone who’s life is threaten, then they no need worry lo.
October 17, 2008 at 3:38 am
kyle
The private security sector is sure to flourish in Malaysia due to this latest
development.
Imagine this idiot Baldie hiring some private bodyguards from the same company that Teresa Kok does.
October 17, 2008 at 4:32 am
Amin
It is a very serious issue. Botak is now preparing a Cabinet Paper to set up a unit to provide protection to all Police personnel. The rough estimate of man-power required is two protectors to one policeman which works out to be 160,000 protectors based on the current police strenght of about 80,000. Who says Malaysia is short of innovative ideas? Another Malaysia Book of Record!
This should be a bench-mark for other chicken Police forces in the world to emulate.
October 17, 2008 at 7:24 am
sarawakian
Is BN so short of capable man that we should suffer with such a stupid crown for a minister?
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Shouldn’t it be CLOWN, and not crown? Anywayz, got yer drift on the right description – shar101.
October 17, 2008 at 8:13 am
storm62
i’ve instructed my lawyers to sue the hell out of tho bloody SOB syedtan hamid botak if i were to die laughing bcos of his idiotic behaviour.
a disgraced piece of shit to Malaysians.
October 17, 2008 at 8:48 am
freaky..
Aiyooo.. YB Dato’ Menteri Keselamatan
Ini adalah satu keadaan yang freaky..freaky kerana anggota polis takut dengan keadaan tidak selamat..YB Dato’ Menteri… bagus beri tugas semua anggota polis ditempat tempat selamat serta bersih seperti kawasan Parlimen; Putrajaya; Rumah Sehat (bukan rumah sakit!!); rumah kediaman YB Dato’ sendiri!!! Nanti mereka kena jangkit penyakit atau kena serang oleh pengganas!!!
Its a BIG JOKE YB Dato’
October 17, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Melvin
Is this really a joke by SHA? I think we should be embarrass him by exposing this story to the international audience. With that kind of mentality, he’s not going to survive later.
Should the next minister from PR is Mat Sabu, Hamid is going to be sent to Kamunting – a real taste of his own medicine!