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Tuesday, August 10, 2004

Corrupt from Top Down

::The Special Commission to Enhance the Operations and Management of the Royal Malaysia Police [SCEOM-RMP] prelim report is out. The Commission found that many of the complaints alleged that corruption was rampant in the commercial crimes, traffic, narcotics, logistics, placement and promotion divisions as well as investigating department of Unit D7, it is alleged that corruption occurs at all level of the RMP force. We can only wonder how high does corruption in the RMP really go.

A copy of the prelim report has been presented to the DYMM Yang Dipertuan Agong. As to whether joe-public will have the chance to take a peep at the said report, the chance is probably slim. After all what can joe-public know or understand about the report, even knowing it, what can joe-public do. Without looking at the report, joe-pubilc already claims to know that the RMP is unprofessional, trigger-happy and heavy-handed among other things.

It is obvious from the little the SCEOM-RMP Chairman has revealed that the RMP does have many problems in performing its duties. Our Pak Lah has been reported in the media that he wanted the recommendations of the commission to be implemented immediately. How is joe-public going to know if these recommendations are implemented if he does not get to read the said prelim report. Or will as usual he be kept in the dark?

At the moment, two of the revealed Commission's findings are of interest. Firstly the Commission Chairman says that the shortage of personnel, finance and equipment has jeopardised the performance of the RMP. And this is widely reported in the main newspapers. Only the NST has reported on the situation at hand ::

The average police-to-people ratio in Malaysia is 1:287, not far below the 1:250 recommended by Interpol. In Kuala Lumpur, however, it is 1:649, while in Subang Jaya it is a weak 1:7,536.

So as can be seen we are not really that bad off as far as the Interpol recommended ratio is concerned. But what is troubling is the distribution of our polis personnel. Densely populated areas are being given a bad deal with insufficient polis numbers. So where are our polis being deployed? Our former deputy Home MINIster said that only half the polis force is involved in crime fighting. What is the other half deployed to do? For other shocking polis:people ratios, see this article and this too.

Secondly the other interesting finding is that the RMP has a severe disciplinary problem, the Commission Chairman has this to say ::

"Firstly, there is an obvious disciplinary problem among police officers and personnel. This is complicated by the fact that they do not understand and do not carry out their duties correctly. And they do not follow rules and regulations that have been set by the Royal Malaysian Police Force."

So how are we going to get the RMP to reform, transform and perform? We await the answers from the SCEOM-RMP. i sincerely hope that the prelim and the eventual final reports of the Commission will be made public.

| ¶ 8/10/2004 06:24:00 PM

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