Sambutan Hari Pekerja highlight: Dato’ Raja Nong Chik menyuruh semua untuk membuat ‘1Malaysia’ “pose”. Hanya saya sahaja bertegas untuk tidak berposing begitu.

I reiterate:

I am a firm believer that one must walk one’s tweet/rhetoric/motto/etc
Previous to FT Minister’s request for my 1 Msia sign, he made a thinly veiled attack against opposition leaders as ‘instigators’ (penghasut).
Hence it just wasnt in the spirit of 1 Malaysianess, and it made the entire 1 Malaysia cry (kindly suggested by RTM”s videographer) a little empty and hollow.

Justeru, sehingga ruang diberikan sepenuhnya untuk ahli-ahli parlimen pembangkang untuk meneruskan tugas kita (bukan ditegah/ dihalang di parlimen, DUN) sehingga saat itulah saya tidak akan melaungkan slogan 1 Msia dengan lentuk-lentuk jari jemarinya.

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In October last year, I had raised the discrepancy of the crime statistics for Brickfields announced by the KL Deputy OCPD, Datuk Abdul Samah Mat (Bernama, 23 June 2008), which stated a reduction of 19.4% compared to only 7% declared by the Brickfields Deputy OCPD, Supt Azri Abdul Rahman, (Utusan Malaysia, 25 June 2008) from the month of January to May 2008.
I raised this issue in Parliament, and the then Deputy Home Minister, Datuk Chor Chee Heung, did not give me any answer.
I raise the same issue again this session, and today, in a written answer, much to my surprise, the Home Minister traced the discrepancy to a misreporting done by Bernama in the statement issued on 23 June 2008.
The public deserves an explanation for this, and if indeed a misreporting had occurred, Bernama needs to acknowledge it and carry out a retraction.
We do not want this to be another case of finger pointing between a Ministry and the press, when the crux of the matter is a blatant attempt by the police to deceive the public.

On Sunday, 10th of May 2009, I had a dialogue session with Bangsarians. The meeting was organized by the Bangsar Baru Business Council, where its President, Mr. Ronnie Q moderated the event. More than 200 residents turned up for the event which was held at the Bangsar Sports Complex. Residents voiced their opinions on the troubles that they are facing to me and also took their time to hear me out on various issues and what I have done so far to help improve their standard of living.

Among issues raised were:

1. The open space issue where currently a used-car-dealership now sits
2. The excessive crow population that is now starting to become a manace
3. DBKL troubles (lacking in speed, efficiency and transparency)
4. The need to bring back local council elections 
5. Alam Flora troubles (non-collection/slow collection of refuse)
6. Illegal jockeys at Jalan Telawi
7. Other issues

Some of the issues brought forth have been tackled by my office, I’ll attach the links on the responses DBKL has given me soon.

Below are some pictures of the event:
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.

Ahli Parlimen kecewa tahap keselamatan di Bangsar 

BANGSAR – Ahli Parlimen Lembah Pantai, Nurul Izzah Anwar melahirkan rasa kecewa dengan tahap keselamatan di Bangsar yang disifatkannya sebagai mempunyai mutu pemantauan yang lemah. 

Nurul Izzah berkata, kejadian serangan ke atas seorang pensyarah warga asing, Dr Andelko Simic, Januari lalu masih belum meredakan kebimbangan di hati penduduk dan terbaru, Ahad lalu, kejadian alat pengangkut bahan binaan terjatuh dan menghempap dua pekerja warga Bangladesh hingga maut menambahkan kerunsingan di hati penduduk. 

Menurutnya, kejadian di tapak pembinaan sebuah projek pembangunan di Bangsar Utama itu tidak sepatutnya berlaku dan memanjatkan rasa syukur kerana tiada rakyat tempatan yang terbunuh. 

“Walaupun bukan warga kita tetapi setiap nyawa yang hilang itu amat bernilai. Sepatutnya kita sama-sama berusaha untuk mengelakkan kejadian spt itu berlaku. 

“Kita bernasib baik kerana semasa kejadian, tiada rakyat tempatan terbunuh kerana saya difahamkan kawasan pembinaan tersebut hampir dengan jalan raya dan banyak kenderaan yang menggunakannya,” katanya kepada Sinar Harian. 

Nurul Izzah berkata, pihaknya akan membangkitkan isu keselamatan ini di peringkat parlimen kerana ia merupakan isu dasar yang perlu diambil perhatian semua pihak. 

“Ia sepatutnya disokong oleh implementasi dan pemantauan. Maknanya di sini, undang-undang kita dah ada tapi pemantauan itu amat mengecewakan. Saya akan bawakan tuntutan ini bersama penduduk di Bangsar,” katanya. 

Nurul Izzah turut melahirkan rasa kecewa kerana isu keselamatan dipolitikkan ekoran ketidakhadiran Ketua Polis Daerah (OCPD) Brickfields atau wakilnya dalam satu majlis dialog bersama penduduk Bangsar di Damansara penghujung minggu lalu. 

“Kami agak kecewa kerana hari sebelumnya mereka menyatakan bahawa OCPD atau wakil beliau akan hadir, tetapi keadaan sebaliknya berlaku. 

“Ia membimbangkan kerana apabila wujud isu politik, akan kuranglah tekanan kepada profesionalisme. Walaupun saya Ahli Parlimen pembangkang, tapi saya bawakan isu rakyat bukan isu parti. Saya amat kecewa,” katanya. 

Menurutnya lagi, kempen ‘Crime Watch’ akan diteruskan yang mana penekanan terhadap keperluan aduan laporan polis penduduk terhadap kejadian jenayah. 

“Kempen ini akan menekankan keperluan yang mana satu salinan laporan polis berhubung kejadian jenayah di sini akan diserahkan kepada saya. Insya-Allah, saya akan bawa data tersebut kepada parlimen agar kita boleh lebih memberikan tekanan (urgency) kepada keperluan dan suasana keselamatan itu dapat diwujudkan. 

“Kita juga akan menghantar memorandum penduduk yang mengemukakan lima isu seperti senarai jalan paling bahaya di Bangsar dan cadangan supaya polis implementasikan kawalan di setiap laluan keluar masuk di kawasan ini,” katanya. 

Memorandum berkenaan dijangka akan dihantar kepada Ketua Polis Daerah Brickfields pada minggu depan.

sumber [http://www.sinarharian.com.my/archive/120309/selangor/story2538714.asp]

From The Malay Mail, 21 January 2009 (http://www.mmail.com.my/Bangsar_unsafe,_say_residents.aspx)

Residents are up in arms over the alarming crime trend in the Bangsar neighbourhood. 

Following the brutal attack on 64-year-old Croatian lecturer Dr Andelko Simic on Monday, residents want the situation to improve quickly.

Bukit Bandaraya Residents’Association (RA) deputy president Mumtaz Ali said: “It is disturbing that crime is now so rampant.”

“Day by day, it’s getting worse. I recently met with Brickfields district police chief and proposed that police mount constant patrols, even plainclothes policemen. Also, roadblocks must be put up often — even if these cause traffic inconvenience. He told me police would work on it,” he said, adding that members of the public should inform police of suspected crimes.

Mumtaz said he had asked the Kuala Lumpur mayor last May to improve on streetlights, closed-circuit television cameras, strategically placed mirrors and guard rails.

Bangsar Baru RA president Datuk George Joseph said: association has noticed that crime has become more rampant.

“Between September and Decembe last year, there were many cases where weapons like parang were used in snatch thefts. We’ve had break-ins and even arson. It has become extremely frightening,” he said, adding that he has spoken to the Brickfields police chief as well.

“I think police must be seen, not just patrolling the streets just for the sake of their work. We need some real commitment from them. We actually want them to come and give talks and teach us,” said Joseph, adding that he was waiting for City Hall and residents’ support and approval to make Bangsar Baru a gated community.

Medan Damansara RA secretary Peter Raiappan expressed shock that the most recent case involved the burning of two cars.

“Crime is taking on a new dimension. This was a coordinated attack. The question is, what are the authorities doing? Bangsar has become a hotspot, crime is becoming more violent as people are becoming more desperate. This is very frightening,” said Raiappan, who is also asking when CCTVs would be installed.

“What City Hall can do is to provide subsidy to harness the RAs and encourage them to undertake private security patrols. I don’t think police can ever provide enough security to satisfy the public, as manpower is very limited. So this may be the way,” he said.

Brickfields district police chief ACP Wan Abdul Bari Wan Abdul Khalid said police would step up patrol activities in Bangsar and Brickfields during the festive season.

“The statistics for 2007 and 2008 show there was a decrease in crime,” he said, confirming that a police report was made by his officers on the attack on Simic and another report was lodged yesterday at the Brickfields police station by Simic’s colleague.

“We have yet to speak to the victim, and will wait for his condition to be stabilised,” he said.

He brushed off neighbours’ claims that police arrived late and said an internal investigation revealed that response was within the promised 15 minutes.

He advised that calls be made to the 24-hour Brickfields operations room at 03-22744465 for cases taking place in the Brickfields district as calls to 999 would usually take time to be re-routed to appropriate stations.