10 July 2006. The Royal Malaysian Police conducted an operation to catch illegal racers. The Star reports today. http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/7/10/nation/14790207&sec=nation What The Star failed to report was the unprofessional way motorists were apprehended and the many non-racers who were also caught during this operation. Charlie Lim, a Singaporean, and his friends were among those who were caught in the operation. Attached is his account. Read it and refer to the accompanying video clips. Judge for yourself Polis DiRaja Malaysia needs to re-examine their operating procedures considering many innocent motorists and individuals, Singaporeans including, were made to go through a stressful and absolutely unnecessary experience with our police. Also judge for yourself whether the Star had correctly reported the operation. This is Charlie's account: Me and my friends met up in Gelang Patah for supper. We left the coffee shop at about 2 a.m back to Singapore. As we hit the Highway, we noticed that there was a long low loader parked across the other side of the highway. Initially, we thought it was just an accident. We also noticed in the distance, there was a helicopter in the sky flying quite low with flood lights on. Kinda weird because there was no airport in the area and the helicopter is flying too low to be just cruising by. But things got alot scarier seconds later. We noticed cars travelling against the flow of traffic and headed towards us at break neck speed! Its not one or two cars mind you, it was 10-20 cars! We just kept to the side of the road and travelled real slowly, unsure of whats going on... as we turned into the exit going towards Singapore. We were stopped by plain clothes police officers in reflective vests. Not just us, there were other Singapore bikes there too. And Malaysian cars, and bikes, even a couple of Singapore cars. This was at about 2.30 a.m. Then we realised that it was a major Malaysian police operation against illegal car racers. And we were suay enough to be on the highway when the operation started. We were all made to gather in the middle of the highway and just made to wait. We can't leave as all the exits were blocked and our licenses were taken from us. Car drivers had it even worst, they had their car keys confiscated. After an hour or so, we were told that all motorcycles will have to gather in front of all the helicopter that has landed in the middle of the Highway. There were a few reporters and they began snapping lots of pictures. Then the unimaginable happened. We were told to follow the escort vehicle in front WITHOUT helmets! Riding in a convoy with people we dun know, in the middle of the night and not knowing anything is already dangerous enough. But to do that without helmets is downright insane! Luckily for them, they decided that we can wear our helmets after all. But by then, the reporters have already snapped our faces without helmets. Travelling along in a convoy of a hundred bikes or so, we were travelling at about 30-40kmh and after about 30 minutes of riding, we finally reached the Police Staion. And then the waiting game began. Again! But the weird thing was that we were not really detained or locked up, we were just milling around just waiting for things to happen, I even went out of the police station and went to the nearby petrol kiosk to buy some 2T (engine oil). At about 7.45 a.m., some police officer made us riders push our bikes from the impounded area to the front of the station. We knew that our wait would soon be over. Finally, at about 8 plus in the morning, they started returning us our documents and told us we could go. Nothing much was said to us throughout. One of them told us to keep quiet when questions were raised. There were no statements made at all officially throughout the operation. Neither were there any 'stern warnings' issued. At the police station, some of the officers were heard shouting but I cannot be sure what were they shouting about. I cannot say that they were polite but they were not rude to us either. The Police made us go through so much hassle and trouble and then let us go just like that? What was the reason for impounding us then?

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Abdul Manaf Ariffin Yang Dipertua Majlis Perwakilan Pelajar Eddy Azuan Naib Pengerusi Majlis Tertinggi Koleh Ke-12 Gangsterism reared its ugly head in Univerisiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) when about 50 "pro-establishment" students took the law into their own hands and manhandled seven students who are members of an organisation perceived to be "anti-establishment" last Monday (July 17, 2006). A video clip obtained by theSun showed the large group surrounding and pushing about six members of the UPM Student Progressive Front (SPF) in the campus canteen. Giving an account of the incident to theSun today, third-year Chinese Studies student Lim Sok Swan said she and six other friends were manning a help counter for new students when the incident started. Lim said a group of about 50 students led by a student council leader suddenly surrounded and scolded them for setting up the help counter when the SPF is not a registered body. "They demanded we leave within 10 minutes, saying we are not allowed to be there to disturb students. "We replied that we were just helping students' welfare and denied disturbing anyone as it was in a canteen that is open to everyone," she said. "We had done nothing wrong ,so we declined to leave. They then pushed us away and removed our tables, chairs and flyers," she added. She alleged that campus security officers who were present did not offer any help and merely watched. "I was very scared," Lim said, adding she called the police as she felt the tension was escalating. "They only stopped harrassing us when police officers arrived," she added. Another student said she was pushed and fell on the floor when trying to take some photographs of what was happening. The student who said her camera broke when it fell lodged a police report at the Seri Serdang police station. "A similar incident took place on July 11(2006) where a group of 'pro-establishment' students tore up our materials at the help desk," she added. Meanwhile, Suaram coordinator Chang Lih Kang urged the Higher Education Ministry, the police and UPM's authorities to investigate and take action against the culprits. "It's a crime to intimidate someone," he said, adding that at least 15 police reports have been lodged over the incident. Meanwhile, Subang Jaya police chief ACP Mohd Fuad Talib said police have received five reports from the students. He said investigations revealed that the incident arose as a result of a misunderstanding over an event organised by the students. He said apart from some pushing and jostling among the students at the time of incident, no one was reported to have been assaulted. Mohd Fuad said police have spoken to UPM officials and have left the matter to be resolved internally. "But our officers will continue monitoring the situation to avoid any untoward incident in future," he said. UPM vice-chancellor Prof Dr Nik Mustapha R. Abdullah and deputy vice-chancellor (student affairs and alumni) Assoc Prof Dr Azali Mohamed could not be reached for comment today (July 20, 2006).

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Gangsterism reared its ugly head in Univerisiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) when about 50 "pro-establishment" students took the law into their own hands and manhandled seven students who are members of an organisation perceived to be "anti-establishment" last Monday (July 17, 2006). A video clip obtained by theSun showed the large group surrounding and pushing about six members of the UPM Student Progressive Front (SPF) in the campus canteen. Giving an account of the incident to theSun today, third-year Chinese Studies student Lim Sok Swan said she and six other friends were manning a help counter for new students when the incident started. Lim said a group of about 50 students led by a student council leader suddenly surrounded and scolded them for setting up the help counter when the SPF is not a registered body. "They demanded we leave within 10 minutes, saying we are not allowed to be there to disturb students. "We replied that we were just helping students' welfare and denied disturbing anyone as it was in a canteen that is open to everyone," she said. "We had done nothing wrong ,so we declined to leave. They then pushed us away and removed our tables, chairs and flyers," she added. She alleged that campus security officers who were present did not offer any help and merely watched. "I was very scared," Lim said, adding she called the police as she felt the tension was escalating. "They only stopped harrassing us when police officers arrived," she added. Another student said she was pushed and fell on the floor when trying to take some photographs of what was happening. The student who said her camera broke when it fell lodged a police report at the Seri Serdang police station. "A similar incident took place on July 11(2006) where a group of 'pro-establishment' students tore up our materials at the help desk," she added. Meanwhile, Suaram coordinator Chang Lih Kang urged the Higher Education Ministry, the police and UPM's authorities to investigate and take action against the culprits. "It's a crime to intimidate someone," he said, adding that at least 15 police reports have been lodged over the incident. Meanwhile, Subang Jaya police chief ACP Mohd Fuad Talib said police have received five reports from the students. He said investigations revealed that the incident arose as a result of a misunderstanding over an event organised by the students. He said apart from some pushing and jostling among the students at the time of incident, no one was reported to have been assaulted. Mohd Fuad said police have spoken to UPM officials and have left the matter to be resolved internally. "But our officers will continue monitoring the situation to avoid any untoward incident in future," he said. UPM vice-chancellor Prof Dr Nik Mustapha R. Abdullah and deputy vice-chancellor (student affairs and alumni) Assoc Prof Dr Azali Mohamed could not be reached for comment today (July 20, 2006).

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One of the most beautiful Kuala Lumpur structures in recent history. But who paid for it? We build what we can afford? Take a look around Kuala Lumpur and you'll see that there are many other more important problems that need money e.g. squatters, run down schools. Yes, we are short, and we need to satisfy our ego. So we buy ourselves big nice boxes to stand on. 31 August 1999

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Reminds me of Pyongyang. Satu lagi projek kerajaan Barisan Nasional.

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God Bless Tunku Abdul Rahman and friends for bringing Malaya to Independence. But wait, Independence from who? 50 years ago, the colonial masters were the British. Today, the rakyat have been colonialised by the UMNO / Barisan Nasional ruling elite. What's the difference? None really. Both practice divide and rule. Both play race based politics. Both claim that they are there to serve the people. Both use their power to extract wealth for their own good. Both threaten the rakyat that there will be no development and chaos will rule once they are gone. Both use the media very effectively as a propaganda machine. Both used the Police to help them extend their rule. Both treated the Sultanate and royalty as puppets. Both have overstayed their welcome. Think about it.

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If Proton was such a great car, why don't the Agung and Royalty ride in it? And how about the many Cabinet Ministers and Members of Parliament? It is plain economic jingoism, and not to forget dumbness, to aim for self sufficiency. We have become the laughing stock with our Milo tin cars made in a jungle clearing. There are many other better ways to develop the country. Proton is just another excuse to let the priveleged conduct their own pet projects and lining their own pockets, while the rakyat go around driving third world quality vehicles.

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Azhar Mansor who sailed solo around the world and Abdul Malik Mydin who swam the English channel are now Datuks. But Everest climbers M. Magendran and N. Mohandass still retain the titles Saudara/Encik. Majulah sukan untuk Malaysia! Malaysia boleh!

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You mean padang pasir siber? Or factory land for call centres? Guna IT, Cinta IT! Satu lagi projek pembangunan keRAJAan Barisan Nasional!

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Bersih, Cekap, Amanah. Malaysia Boleh. Cemerlang, Gemilang, Terbilang. Dasar Ekonomi Baru. Satu Lagi Projek Kerajaan Barisan Nasional. Government / BN propaganda to brainwash the public. Spiritual and social development? What has happened to this man that made this speech in 1990?

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September 21, 1998 Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil

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Institute of Economic and Political Studies (Ikape) Current Issues in Malaysian Politics December 2005 I want to tell you, we had wanted to buy Russian MiGs (fighter planes). You know Russians, they are very inferior. Somehow or other, it was wangled without my knowledge, that part of the money (only to be used to purchase MiGs was also used) to buy (the American made) F-18 (planes). The very good American aircraft costs twice as much as the MiGs. And then, we acquired eight F-18s and 18 MiGs. MiGs are sold to us without any condition. If we feel like bombing Singapore, for example, the Russians are not going to object. Any Singaporeans here? Or ex-Singaporeans? But this great aircraft called F-18 which we bought from America, after buying it, after several months, I got to know that these aircraft cannot be used for any attacks against any country even if it is not Singapore, because the Americans sold the aircraft, but the source code is kept by them. So you cannot plan anything, you cannot fly them to carry out any bombing attacks against anybody but you have this wonderful aircraft which you can see at Lima (the Langkawi International Maritime and Aviation Exhibition). So, we spent this huge sum of money and they actually negotiated and agreed to these terms. So that's why I say we are not very good at negotiating. * New Straits Times editor-in-chief Abdullah Ahmad aka Dollah Kok Lanas Lee Kuan Yew Goh Chok Tong Lee Hsien Loong Abdullah Badawi Najib Tun Razak Johor Johore USA Boeing

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Bersatu Kita Bersatu Dengan Setia Berganding Bahu Tipu Terus Menipu Kita Tipu Melayu Bersama Kita Bersama Mendukung Hasrat Semua Berjasa Pada Kroni Anak Isteri Dan 'Bini' Lambang Kita Yang Gagah Dipandang Keji Dan Haprak Bersatu Bersetia Khianat Cogan Katanya UMNO Terus Lara Rompak Rakyat Malaysia money politics lagu umno mahathir najib badawi daim anwar ibrahim nazri rafidah aziz hishamuddin hussein korupsi rasuah haprak tamak duit kroni cronyism nepotism reformasi malay malaysia night united organisation greed graft rafidah aziz ketuanan melayu patronage malaysian kelab club warwick glasgow london melbourne australia brisbane uk manchester nottingham lse imperial kubang pasu college jawa coventry seattle perth birmingham southampton new york chicago scomi daulatkan umno yang memutar belit, yang membabi buta, yang gila babi, dan yang gilakan babi hidup umno

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Dedicated to Mahathir and Badawi. Surround yourselves with all the yes men you like telling you that you've got great clothes. Sooner or later, a boy will tell you "you've got no clothes". Dedicated to the 20 something million Malaysians who think that Malaysia = Government. Love Malaysia = Love Government. So we should always listen and obey the government. A song every Malaysian (and Singaporean) should listen and appreciate. Angguk-angguk geleng-geleng tunduk-tunduk ikut tunjuk Iya iya saya saya kiri kanan ikut saja Kita tunduk pabila diketuk biarkan terhantuk tak usah dipujuk Relakan dipatuk ingat pesan atuk Sabar sabar sabar sabar! Tak apa tak kisah tak rugi tak mati tak ambil peduli Berserah dan pasrah biar dada didabik adat pasang turun naik Didera dijajah terus kita dipenjara Jadi hamba jadi kuli jadi batu diam diri Kita tunggu kita lihat kita nanti kita perhati Jangan merungut biar bertangguh diam akur kita mesti patuh Acuh tak acuh endah tak endah buat lawak bodoh selamba Biar kita melopong biar kita menganga biar mereka buat apa mereka suka biar Jangan melawan jangan membantah janganlah degil kena ikut perintah Kena banyak diam biar apa orang kata kita tawa dalam duka Kecut takut kalut kolot terkunci mulut terkatup tertutup Kalah sabung menang sorak senduk nasi tinggal kerak (ulang chorus) Dik mari dik... ye kak... nama adik siapa? ... Mia Adik tahu nyanyi tak?... Tahu... Ah mari ikut kakak nyanyi sama-sama... Angguk-angguk geleng-geleng tunduktunduk ikut tunjuk Angguk-angguk geleng-geleng tunduktunduk ikut tunjuk Iya iya saya saya kiri kanan ikut saja Iya iya saya saya kiri kanan ikut saja Tolak tambah kali ganda hitung kira skala nisbah Maju mundur tinggi rendah berapa jumlah nilai bangsa (Kak sekupang ke, dua kupang ke, tiga kupang?) Sawah sebendang ladang sebidang tanah sekangkang pohon sebatang Kerana wang semua hilang hanya sehelai sepinggang Yang jenin yang lebai yang pandir yang luncai Yang angannya tinggi yang dibuai mimpi yang sawah terjual maruah tergadai (kamu mahu lagi?) (Ahli Fiqir ......) Sabar Sabar Sabar Sabar Sabar Sabar

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FOR IMPATIENT TYPES: FORWARD TO 1:10 FOR ACTION How to rob a petrol station in Malaysia. 1. arrive in a cheap-ass Proton Saga 1989 2. make sure you arrive in some ulu station late at night 3. make sure the attendant is easy to attal - crippled is good 4. fill-up 2 ringgit only 5. when it's time to pay, pay the 2 ringgit 6. when attendant opens up "cash register" attack

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This video collage takes video clips and photos from the street protests in Kuala Lumpur on 28 May 2006. Also features street graffiti and the Negaraku. You may disagree with what they were protesting about. The Federal Constitution guarantees the right to assemble peacefully. The units and riot police clearly demonstrated excessive brutality and violence. Defend human rights. Defend the freedom of speech. Demand accountability. Protect the people from the police and government. Support the IPCMC - Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission: http://www.petitiononline.com/betterpf

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Alice Lives Here, a Reel Power Production directed by Ong Ju Lin. The film came out tops in the amateur category and won the Justin Louise Award at the Freedom Film Festival held in August 2005. The documentary centers around the response of residents in Broga, when they found out that a waste incinerator was to be built near their village. This is a story of how a small farming village in Malaysia struggled against the powers of big government and corporation. The centre of this intense battle is located in a small town that few Malaysians have heard of -- Broga. The story of how the gritty citizens of Broga fought the relocation of the largest incinerator Asia is told through the eyes of Alice Lee, a village girl who has lived in Broga all her life. Despite a media blackout, and police scare tactics, the community organised, voted for PAS, and hired their own lawyers to bring the fight to court, culminating in an interim stop work order to halt the construction of potentially the largest 'gasification fusion furnace' incinerator in Asia. However, the stop work order has expired in June 30th and work has been revived. The documentary traces the political awakening of Alice, a clerk working a nine-to-five job in a furniture factory who denied ever being interested in politics. The change experienced by Alice, reflects the awakening of political consciousness of the people of Broga. http://www.malaysiakini.tv/?p=45

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Doesn't the Royal Malaysian Police have so many other more important things to do (such as fighting crime and reforming itself) than play pranks and practical jokes?

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The deputy prime minister, Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, impliedly says the mentri besar of Pahang, Dato' Seri Adnan Yaakob, was right to make obscene gestures and wriggle his buttocks at the opposition -- one which would land us in court if we did what he did. The poor man, don't you understand, you idiots, was provoked. "So, I was not surprised that he had reacted in the manner he did," he said. What was this grave provocation? Let Dato' Seri Adnan tell you: "They shouted nasty remarks like "hancur Barisan" and "mampus Barisan" (destruction and death to Barisan (National Front). The people must understand, he intoned piously, any statements such as these is "sudden and grave provocation". Besides, he went "in and out of the nomination centre about four times to ensure the situation was under control and that all National Front had enough drinking water". Further more, the PAS crowd called him a "samseng" (gangster) -- a pardonable assumption since only five months ago, he beat up a PAS supporter at the nomination centre in Bentong in the runup to the General Elections. (But this is not what happened: the crowd, not just PAS supporters, called him "bodoh" (stupid), "samgseng", and worse.") Be that as it may, he still behaved as the honourable mentri besar of Pahang should not. Dato' Seri Abdullah, on the other hand, sees this incident as proof of the opposition's freedom of action. They could load photographs -- taken, as the New Straits Times proudly tells you to divert attention away from it, by "unknown photographers" -- on to the Internet. The photograph can be seen on http://www.harakahdaily.com. Videotapes and blownup photographs of the incident are regularly shown by the PAs campaign. "They should realise they have the freedom in this by-election to conduct their campaigns. They cannot turn around and say the election is not free and fair," he added. Ah, now we know! The Sanggang byelections is fair because the opposition can upload photographs of the incident on to the Internet. This no doubt is why the mentri besar of Pahang intends to download these photographs to explain to the people of Sanggang why he behaved as execrably as he did. But if indeed the byelections is free as he says it is -- as no doubt he would of the general elections was and, no doubt, the UMNO divisional elections -- why does he have to repeat it at every possible moment? What has the uploading of photographs on to the Internet got to do with campaign freedom? Or is the deputy prime minister telling us, as the Prime Minister is quick to deny, there is censorship of Internet? And that the government has decided, on this occasion, to allow it. But, the speed with which the National Front reacted to Dato' Seri Adnan's provocation does indicate its nervousness at the incident. However one looks at it, the National Front must be returned in Sanggang which Dato' Abdullah Kia held until he died last month for UMNO's continued health. So, it pulls no stops in the name of a free and fair election. The federal information ministry rushed 70 information officers to keep mosques and suraus untainted by PAS "and to safeguard the integrity of Islam", working no doubt on UMNO's belief of PAS as un-Islamic. But UMNO itself makes no mention of countering the officially termed PAS lies. The Pahang information director-general, Dato' Zainal Abidin Kadir, says UMNO regarded the by-election as "very important". PAS clearly does not understand this importance: the PAS candidate, the suave lawyer and former National Front MP, Dato' Hishamuddin Yahya, raises local issues in the polls, like the distribution of Felcra shares only to those known to UMNO. This is nothing new. After all, state governments withdraw deposits from banks and cancels professional services from those whose staff is perceived to have campaigned for the opposition. The national agenda is, it would seem, to divide the country into those who support the UMNO leadership and those who do not. This may not have an impact in the urban areas, except in the clubs and Internet discussion groups, but it is live in rural areas such as Sanggang, where the voters know why they were denied what they should have got. Such behaviour as Dato' Hishamuddin raises of unfairness only proves PAS narrowmindedness. But the Pahang mentri besar insulting Malaysians by wriggling his buttocks and making obscene gestures is proof of UMNO's, and the National Front's, commitment to a Malaysia one can be proud to live in. After all, as the National Front candidate, Mr Redzuan Harun, put it so aptly: his eductional level (severely challenged when compared to his opponent) does not matter. "Even if you hold a degree from a university abroad, you cannot do much to improve the people's standard of living as long as you are not in the Government," he adds. As no doubt UMNO and the National Front finds out in Kelantan and Trengganu. M.G.G. Pillai

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The current anxiety about public security is directly related to the sudden surge in the reporting of crime, especially how three snatch thefts resulted in the deaths of two women and one man. Chin Wai Fung died in Brickfields in May when she fought back against a snatch thief. Then Chong Fee Cheng fell, went into a coma and died while resisting a snatch thief in Johor Baru in mid-June. This was followed by the killing of Rosli Mohamed Saad who had gone to the aid of an Indonesian woman whose bag was snatched in Ampang in June 29. Rosli chased and caught the thief who then stabbed him twice. "Petty theft" which is how snatch theft has traditionally been classified under the Penal Code had taken on serious proportions and caused the deaths of three innocent Malaysians. Other cases of snatch thefts were also reported. The headlines included: "Four in court for snatch thefts", referring to cases which occurred in Sungai Petani; "Teenager remanded for seven days for snatch theft", referring to another case in Kuala Lumpur; "NS trainee helps bring habitual snatch thief to justice", an incident occurring in Tampin; "Policewoman's handbag snatched," a case in Malacca; "Suspect pays with his life in botched handbag grab" in Klang. "Victim who was left paralysed", was the headline of an interview with a victim of a snatch theft in Damansara in 1996; "Snatch thief gets 30 months", a case in Kuala Lumpur; and "Snatch thieves get MPs' attention". The newspapers also carried statistics on the number of snatch thefts. Relying on police statistics, Penang Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon revealed that there had been a total of 515 cases of snatch thefts in Penang between January and May 2004. Of these 327 had been solved with the arrest of 52 people, mostly drug addicts (The Star, 16 June 2004 and 19 June 2004). Meanwhile the Perak CPO reported a total of 374 cases of snatch thefts in his state during January to May 2004 (The Star, 8 July 2004). Citing police statistics, Lim Kit Siang, MP for Ipoh Timur, revealed in Parliament that there had been an increase in the number of reported snatch thefts these past years: from 14,368 reported cases in 2001, to 14,640 cases in 2002, to 15,798 cases in 2003 (The Star, 6 July 2004). The Deputy Minister of Internal Security Datuk Noh Omar further revealed that there were 5,517 reported snatch theft cases during the first five months of 2004. The problem of snatch thefts is obviously widespread especially in the urban areas. The problem could be even more serious. Based on a survey which it conducted between 1-6 June involving 337 respondents, Nanyang Siang Pau (6 July 2004) reported that 50% of the respondents had been victims of robbery, snatch thefts and sexual harassment. Of these victims, 61% were females while 89% lived in urban areas. Significantly, only about half of the victims (50.3%) had lodged police reports. Among the reasons offered for not reporting to the police were: "Police unable to help" (45.2%); "no evidence" (29%); and "procedure for lodging report was troublesome" (11%). Nanyang surmised that there was a "lack of confidence in the Police". Michael Chong, who heads the Malaysian Chinese Association's Complaints and Services Bureau, similarly remarked that many victims of snatch thefts did not lodge police reports (The Star, 6 June 2004).

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