KUALA LUMPUR :
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar today refuted claims by some
quarters that the crime rate in the country is on the rise based on the crime
cases reported by the media including social media.
He said the claims were not
true because statistics obtained from the state and district police, as well as
international platforms like the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI), showed the
effectiveness of measures to combat and reduce crime in the country.
“If there are quarters who
are still not convinced by what has been done by the Royal Malaysian Police
since the implementation of National Key Result Area (NKRA) initiatives to
reduce crime two years ago, they can refer to the reports including that issued
by GPI.
“And yesterday,
international panellists attending the two-day meeting on Review of Crime
Reduction 2012 through the NKRA also agreed with what we have done,” he said
after the Bukit Aman federal police headquarters’ greening programme, here, today.
The international meeting
was also attended by Hong Kong police director of management, SAC Tang How
Kong, and former head of the Anti-Terrorist Branch of the New Scotland Yard,
Peter Clarke.
“The safety of the community
is our priority and I admit that crime does occur but not to the extent as
exaggerated by some quarters to cause public fear.
“Each crime report received
is analysed daily to ensure maintenance of
public safety,” said Ismail (picture).
He said to further improve
security maintenance PDRM had sent its personnel to European countries like
Sweden and the United Kingdom and also to Hong Kong and Singapore to seek new
methods to reduce the crime rate in Malaysia.
Meanwhile, Ismail did not
dismiss the possibility of the involvement of locals in the smuggling of
migrants from war-torn countries into Malaysia by syndicates which also
involved Australians.
However, he was confident
that with closer Malaysia-Australia cooperation through the signing of a
memorandum of understanding last year, cross-border crime could be curbed. (Bernama)
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