JOHOR ROYALTY OFF THE HOOK

The four suspects, including a member of the Johor royal family, detained two years ago for allegedly gate-crashing and assaulting a group of foreigners at a wedding reception on PulauRawa, Johor, may escape punishment.


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Bravo to The Royal Malaysia Police !

The Royal Malaysia Police have again surpassed Interpol's crime-solving benchmark of 20%, reports Bernama.

The creditable 36.89 per cent crime-solving rate attained last year by the Royal Malaysia Police has surpassed the crime-solving rate benchmark set by the International Police (Interpol) for two consecutive years.

This reflected the dynamism and commitment of the Royal Malaysia Police, said CID Director Datuk Christopher Wan Soo Kee.

"Last year, we managed to solve 73,281 of the 198,622 criminal cases recorded. According to Interpol's benchmark, a country must have a 20 per cent crime-solving rate in a year.

"This is an achievement we can be proud of. I personally believe our police force can better the current record in the years ahead. I always aim for 100 per cent...we will do our level best," he told Bernama in an exclusive interview.

"In 2005, our crime-solving rate was 48.45 per cent or 76,284 of the 157,459 cases recorded," said Wan.

He said the Interpol adopts a four-point criteria in determining whether a case has been solved.

The criteria are:

* If there is a confession or solid evidence against the accused

* The accused is caught red-handed though he/she pleads not guilty

* The accused is identified regardless of whether he/she is being detained, still at large or has died

* Investigations showed no offence has been committed.

Last month a proposal to restrict the movements of immigrants in order to deter them from committing crime was met with an outcry from NGOs which said foreigners were responsible for only a fraction of the total crime index.


A report by Reuter's Clarence Fernandez suggests otherwise.


Malaysia's rising crime mars govt's rosy picture

With an eye to early elections, Malaysia is beating the drum about its healthy economy, but surging crime levels offer a stark reminder that the government has yet to deliver on key law-and-order promises. Malaysia expects to host more than 20 million tourists this year as it marks its 50th anniversary of independence, but burglaries, shootouts in shopping malls and motorcycle-borne bag snatchers are just some of the hazards visitors could face.

In recent months, public attention has been riveted by the murder of a Mongolian model whose body was feared to have been blown to bits and the theft of a cargo of $13 million worth of computer chips in northern Penang.

Police figures show that crime in Malaysia rose 14 percent last year to 225,836 incidents against 198,017 in 2005, and the proportion of serious crimes, such as murder, rape and armed robbery, grew 26 percent.

Though the government paints a rosy picture of the economy, crime is being fuelled by a volatile mix of factors that includes a huge migrant labour force, the rising cost of living and a vast gulf of deprivation between rich and poor, one analyst said.