New research suggests that the federal government may have been suppressing
\ncrime figures by up to 50 per cent.<\/p>\n
In 2009, Bernama reported Director of the Criminal Investigation Department
\n(CID) Bukit Aman, Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Zinin\u2019s complaint that CID\u2019s
\ninvestigating officers (IOs) were being overburdened with 20 cases per IO per
\nmonth.<\/p>\n
According to its own figures, the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) had 2,233
\ninvestigating officers working in CID in 2009. If each IO had to handle 20 cases
\nper month this implies a total annual crime (Index + Non-Index) figure of over
\n530,000 cases.1 This is far higher than the officially reported crime rate for 2009.<\/p>\n
Last week, in response to accusations from an anonymous policeman that it was
\ndoctoring crime figures, PDRM\u2019s ASP Ramli Mohd Yuusof reported a total crime
\nfigure of 271,831 for 2009, nearly 50 per cent less than the crime figure implied
\nby the CID chief.<\/p>\n
The Barisan Nasional government, and the Ministry of Home Affairs in particular,
\nmust come clean on whether it has been forcing the police to suppress the
\ntrue crime statistics. They must reveal how long this has been going on. The
\nMalaysian public must know the truth.<\/p>\n
Policing crime is a challenge, especially when so much of PDRM\u2019s manpower has
\nbeen tied up in paramilitary and spying functions. These seem to have served
\nmore to protect Barisan Nasional rather than protect the public from crime.<\/p>\n
This is why Pakatan Rakyat has advocated the modernisation of PDRM to make it
\na dynamic crime-fighting service. With Pakatan\u2019s reforms, CID caseloads should
\ndrop to 5 cases per IO per month.<\/p>\n
Pakatan\u2019s Budget 2013 proposal on Fighting Crime, unveiled Tuesday, focuses
\non three strategic thrusts: reallocating resources and manpower to the under-
\nstaffed CID and foot patrols in crime hotspots; improving the pay of police
\npersonnel as insulation against corruption and a reward for crime-fighting; and,
\nimproving the police\u2019s forensic and reporting capacities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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