Low Crime Rates

A few days ago, some prominent government person stated that Malaysia has lower crime rates than many other countries, including countries that we normally accept as safe enough for a female to walk alone at night on the streets.

To confirm my suspicion that the government is right, I saw this article in The Star, "Thugs strike terror in Desa Sri Hartamas"

Apparently, in that area, there are robbers who rob customers in restuarants, gangsters who extort protection money, double parkers who block roads, illegal food court operating on a piece of land designated for a police station.

And then there is a problem with rubbish collection, and no public transport in the area, difficulty in hiring workers and lack of a police station. So, maybe all our criminals are "working" in Desa Sri Hartamas only and therefore our average crime rates are low. Oh, then there are those in ChowKit that scared away the police. Not too bad, only 2 areas where crime is concentrated.

Out of curiousity, it seems that our gangsters/robbers who can travel on private transport are richer than the workers who have to use public transport. So why dont the gangsters give up crime and become a worker?

From a personal safety perspective, I would recommend to the robbers/gangsters to be careful when entering and leaving their cars/motorbikes while holding parangs and sticks. Who knows where the parang may poke into while you are trying to belt up (which needs two hands) with the parang in your lap.

Don't say I didn't warn them.

Then some policeman said that it is difficult to catch the robbers in action (especially if the police are not around the area) and that the police will use preventive laws to stop the criminals.

We should have those preventive laws implemented immediately in those 2 areas. Why didnt we use preventive laws to stop all crime earlier?

I should have thought of that!