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PM wants theft curbed and the public kept safe
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister
Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi wants “things to be done” and the public kept
safe, as he is concerned over the increasing number of violent snatch
thefts.
Police had been asked to beef up patrols and surveillance to
prevent snatch thefts and violent acts, said Home Affairs Minister Datuk Seri
Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad.
He said Abdullah and Cabinet ministers were
briefed by Housing and Local Government Minister and MCA president Datuk Seri
Ong Ka Ting on two incidents where Tunku Abdul Rahman College students had
fallen victim to violence.
The Cabinet was told that accountancy
student Lee Khian Yip, 18, died from slash wounds inflicted by two men on a
motorcycle in Wangsa Maju on Saturday.
Another student, Phang Kar Wei,
23, was repeatedly assaulted and slashed three times on his neck and hands, also
by two men on a motorcycle just 15 minutes after Khian Yip was attacked.
Kar Wei was assaulted in Taman Melati, about 2km from Wangsa Maju.
Radzi said the Cabinet was shocked to hear from Ong that a “large number” of
the 2,000 people at an open forum on Tuesday were snatch theft victims.
“While the police have done a lot to overcome this problem, more needs to be
done,” he told reporters after his ministry’s weekly post-Cabinet meeting. “That
is why the Prime Minister wants something done.
“On the Government’s
part, we have amended the Penal Code to reflect the severity of the crime. Those
who commit snatch thefts will be dealt with severely by the law.”.
He
said Section 390(e), on snatch theft, would send a clear message to offenders
that it would be treated as robbery, and no longer as theft, where they could be
jailed up to 14 years and be whipped.
Radzi said snatch thefts in
Kuala Lumpur had declined due to closed-circuit television cameras having been
placed in “critical areas” to monitor the situation.
“The public must
also play their part by being vigilant and careful about their safety. They
should not take their safety for granted. If they take more steps to look after
their safety, then half the battle is won,” he said.

- quoted from www.thestar.com.my

Well, its about time the government took action due to the rising of these kind of crimes.
Our streets are no longer safe anymore
In just a few weeks I'm sure many of us would've heard people getting murdered here and there.... like a massacre...
makes me wonder what in the world is going on.
Sometimes I just feel that humans are all just screwed up organisms.
Those snatch thieves got hand and leg go cari makan lar..
if cant get a job ill tell u this la..
Tai sei lor... dont want to study when got the chance
worse to worse also work as office boy lar...