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    PDRM Voluntary Smartphone Patrol (VSP) reaches milestone 1,000,000th Registration

    The Head of Crime Prevention and Community Safety Department, Royal Malaysia Police, Penang Contingent YDH SAC Dato’ Mohamad Anil Shah [MCPF Penang Vice-Chairman (I)] shared with MCPF Penang State Liaison Committee Members that the Registration nationwide for Volunteer Smartphone Patrol (VSP) Application reached a significant 1,000,000th milestone on 30th Nov 2017. Penang State stands at…

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    MCPF Penang Deputy Chairman’s Caring Community Outreach proven yet again in Penang’s most trying natural disaster

    MCPF Penang SLC Deputy Chairman cum Seberang Perai Selatan DLC Chairman’s Community Outreach efforts was displayed yet again during the trying period immediately following the aftermath effects of the massive floods that hit Penang State over the weekend of 4th / 5th November 2017. At RT Bukit Minyak on 5th November 2017 Dato’ K. Pulayantran…

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    Penang makes good progress in VSP registration

    Within just slightly over two months of positive and determined campaign within Penang state by the Royal Malaysia Police, Penang Contingent Crime Prevention and Community Safety Department, the increase in VSP downloads and successful registered users to over 16,000+ have been very encouraging. The three key statistics shows that together with its collaborative partners in…

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    Volunteer Smartphone Patrol

    MCPF Penang urges all to set up Volunteer Smartphone Patrol (VSP) in their smartphones as an App that matters. PDRM needs the support of the public to help connect and communicate on any crime, suspicious acts or unsafe situations that could lead to crimes being committed. MCPF Penang fully supports and endorses this initiative that…

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    Gun owner liable in Kedah shooting case

    This article reported by Ho Kit Yen first appeared on FMT. Image above is sourced from FMT. PETALING JAYA: A criminologist has urged police to take action against the owner of the shotgun from which pellets hit a 12-year-old girl in Pokok Sena, Kedah, on Sunday. P Sundramoorthy, an associate professor at Universiti Sains Malaysia,…

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    Address easy access to contraband cigarettes, liquor

    This article first appeared on FMT by Robin Augustin. Image above is sourced from FMT. PETALING JAYA: The proposal to increase the minimum fine to RM100,000 will not do much to resolve the problem of illicit cigarettes or contraband liquor in the country, says a criminologist. Universiti Sains Malaysia criminologist Assoc Prof P Sundramoorthy says imposing…

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    The lure of gang life

    This article first appeared on FMT. The image above is sourced from FMT. PETALING JAYA: The best thing the country can do to fight gangsterism among its youth is to allow the community to take the lead in prevention programmes, says a renowned criminologist. In an interview with FMT, P Sundramoorthy of Universiti Sains Malaysia…