PETALING JAYA: As its new chairman, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has started several new initiatives for the Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF), said the foundation’s senior vice-chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye. “She is the first woman to head the foundation as chairman and she is particularly passionate about cybersecurity. “This includes…
PETALING JAYA: A criminologist has lauded as “fair and just” a 12-month jail sentence imposed on a road bully who smashed the front windscreen of a car. Magistrate Nurshahira Abdul Salim handed down the jail sentence yesterday on Danial Abdullah Tan, 31, who pleaded guilty to the charge. He was charged with committing mischief by…
KUALA LUMPUR: The call for policemen to cut ties with “undesirable characters” is timely to restore the professional image of the service that has been damaged in recent years. Criminologist Associate Professor Dr P. Sundramoorthy said there was no need for the police force to have ties with vice syndicates. “In the past, maybe having…
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GEORGE TOWN: It could be punishing, and sometimes even life-threatening, for Indonesians to sneak illegally into Malaysia. And when they want to leave, they would have to pay a price to access secure routes home. A source revealed that it could cost an illegal immigrant between RM3,000 and RM5,000 or more to return to Indonesia. “The…
PETALING JAYA: A crime researcher wants Putrajaya to act against politicians who fuel racial and religious hatred, stating failure to do so will lead to the rise of extremist groups willing to carry out acts of violence and terrorism. P Sundramoorthy of Universiti Sains Malaysia said the majority of ordinary peopled looked up to politicians…
Recently, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) arrested and remanded a number of Road Transport Department (JPJ) enforcement officers in Penang for allegedly receiving illicit monthly payments as an inducement not to take action against lorry drivers and transport companies who committed traffic offences. As reported in the media, the payment was also for tip-offs which…
PETALING JAYA: Members of the public should not take the law into their own hands and must always observe the law when dealing with public servants, says Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye. The Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) senior vice-chairman said this in connection with a viral video of a police car being stopped and…
