Following on from Wan Aimran's discussion on police force - paper faces on parade
(yes I know I really should be studying, but...)
"Judging from the vehement oppositions to the establishment of the Independent Police Misconduct and Complaint Commission (IPCMC) shown by both the members of the police force and several of the BN MPs, I think it is perfectly justified for us as Malaysians to be cynical towards the outlook of the country in the near future."
I think one could not ask for a clearer or bolder display of misguided superiority that the police force have towards an unyielding commitment to transparency, integrity and accountability - a notion which is quickly being reduced to nothing but a hollow catchphrase in the current Malaysian political landscape.Cynical we can and have always been. However I really cannot entertain the soft approach we as Malaysians seem to take. Having been brought up according to the "spare the rod and spoil the child" rule of thumb, I believe wholly that when a child does something wrong you cannot have one parent scolding sampai meletup* and on the other hand have the other parent saying "Tak apalah**" and giving excuses that the child doesn't know any better and is really a good child most of the time... sometimes....
Here in Malaysia, we are always quick to defend. Much too quick. We have ministers and chief of police playing good parent against bad parent. After all aggressiveness isn't welcome in Malaysian politics (cut to all members of parliament trying to take Aunty Rafidah down) or Malaysian establishments. How then is a IPCMC ever going to work. We'll complain and they'll say, "but you never praise them for the good work they do, see like today got police sergeant honoured for bravery... so the situation is not so bad really..."
The latest 'excuse', (brought to my attention by the ever vigilent Singaporean, Lionel), has the Malaysian police claiming that CSI is helping Malaysian criminals become smarter. This came just days after the Royal Malaysian Police Force was pretty much told to buck up and stop producing shoddy investigations. After all at least 10 murder cases remained unsolved, with a few among them being rather high profile cases. What I can't understand is how CSI hasn't motivated our own police to think one step ahead? Instead of wasting time looking for kopi money.
Right, this is just a very on-the-surface, superficial comment, but have you ever noticed that those special ops police who are waiting around the corner to catch minor traffic offenders never just need one or two men, but almost a whole police motorcade? I mean, 6 or 7 police officers to catch you making an illegal turning at a traffic light? That free, huh?
What was really interesting about the CSI comment thought was that after doing a search on Google, I managed to pull it out from Yahoo, CNN, Malaysiakini and finally Bernama. But I couldn't find it on any of our usual Malaysian dailies. Am I not looking hard enough? Tell me if you find it. Also, take a look at this article in The New York Post. Seems the CSI complaint is quite a common one, and it was only a matter of time before Musa quoted it himself.
Looking at this article however, you wonder if our judiciary system needs abit of shaking up as well:
Inquests not held despite being required.
I'm not complaining about my country. I'm encouraging it on to think with a first class mentality as underlined in the 9th Malaysia Plan. I haven't had the time to read it thoroughly, no thanks to ongoing exam revision. Exciting things always happen around the time of my exams. Like Anwar being arrested sometime before PMR. Damn it.
*until erupted/burst
** Never mind lah
** Never mind lah
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