KUALA LUMPUR: The proposal to segregate prisoners based on their crimes can be realised if the government is committed to building new prison facilities or expanding existing ones and staffing them with sufficient workers. Criminologist Datuk Dr P. Sundramoorthy said affordability was the main issue as Malaysia’s 39 prisons house around 70,000 inmates. He said…
The narcotics investigation department in the police force does not just wait for a case to show up before springing into action. They work proactively round the clock, sniffing out drug pushers and users. A workforce of some 5,000 nationwide to combat the lucrative drug trade is a ridiculously small number given the burden and…
KUALA LUMPUR: Put them behind bars! This is the view of experts to address the increasing number of people violating the mandatory home quarantine order and standard operating procedures (SOPs) during the Recovery Movement Control Order and Targeted Enhanced Movement Control Order. Crime analyst Kamal Affandi Hashim said some people felt a sense of entitlement…
GEORGE TOWN: A criminologist has urged the police and government to be more involved with rural villagers as a means to cut down incidents of vigilantism. The authorities should work with the local communities to tell them that vigilantism was not acceptable. “The police, the Unity Ministry and local officials should visit these villages and…
GEORGE TOWN: A criminologist has sought to correct the belief that the tattoo of a gang symbol on a person’s body always indicates his membership in a criminal secret society. In a comment on the recent acquittal of a book seller charged on suspicion that he belonged to the 04 Gang because a swastika was tattooed on…
The wrongful killing of George Floyd by a white police officer and abetted by three other officers from the Minneapolis Police Department in Minnesota late in May this year sparked protests and unrest not only in America but in many other parts of the world regarding police brutality and social injustice. Malaysia has witnessed and…
PETALING JAYA: The Federal Territories Minister hopes that steps will be taken to address the high crime rate in Kuala Lumpur. Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa (pic) said the report on the city having the highest crime rate worried him. “As the Federal Territories security working committee chairman, I hope to immediately discuss with the…
GEORGE TOWN: Greed, mental health and substance abuse issues were possible factors why professionals such as doctors were involved in criminal acts such as burglary, says criminologist Assoc Prof Datuk Dr P. Sundramoorthy of Universiti Sains Malaysia. “It is not unusual for professionals to be involved in crimes as there are typically well-educated professionals who…
