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- Who will be the new IGP?
- Report: 21 Malaysians arrested in Singapore over GE13 protest out on bail
- William Yau inquest: No Chinese boy seen playing near jetty where body was found
| Posted: 13 May 2013 08:05 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: With Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar celebrating his 60th birthday this Friday, speculation is rife on his replacement. Based on tradition, his deputy, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, is expected to succeed him. However, the final decision lies with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. Khalid, 55, who hails from Seremban, attended training as a police inspector at the Police Training Centre on Dec 5, 1976. He was head of the Kedah Anti-Narcotic Department in 1997 and six years later, was the Pahang Police Management Department head before being appointed Kuantan police chief. In 2005, he was appointed Negri Sembilan police chief and then Bukit Aman CID deputy director before being appointed Selangor police chief in June 2007. On Oct 13, 2010, he was appointed Director of the Bukit Aman's Internal Security and Public Order Department and not long after that, Deputy Inspector-General of Police. According to police sources, eight other candidates are eligible to be appointed to the post. They are Bukit Aman CID director Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Zinin, Bukit Aman Special Task Force (Operations/Counter Terrorism) director Datuk Mohamad Fuzi Harun and Bukit Aman Special Branch director Datuk Akhil Bulat. Others are Commercial Crimes Investigation Department director Datuk Wira Syed Ismail Syed Azizan, Management Department director Datuk Mortadza Nazarene and Narcotic Crimes Investigation Department director Datuk Noor Rashid Ibrahim. Also eligible for the post are Internal Security and Public Order director Datuk Wira Salleh Mat Rashid and Logistics Department director Datuk Zulkifli Abdullah. The new IGP, however, has to face various challenges, including improving the image of the force, as well as enhance public security, in tandem with the aspirations of the people for the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) to provide international-class policing. Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) vice-chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said the new person should be capable of reducing the crime index to restore the people's confidence in the force. "It is impossible to have a zero crime rate, but PDRM can reduce the rate drastically through various approaches," he added. He also suggested that the police intensify cooperation with the public for a more effective crime prevention. PDRM, however, has carried out various transformation, following the government's introduction of the National Key Result Areas (NKRA) in 2009, including making Kuala Lumpur the safest city to live in. The government, and the security forces, have also declared 10 districts in Sabah to come under the Eastern Sabah safety Zone and stationed five additional battalions of the Malaysian Armed Forces and the General Operations Force, as well as building additional police stations. Apart from that, the government has also activated the Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCOM) in Lahad Datu, abolished the Internal Security Act, Restricted Residence Act and the three Emergency ordinances, replacing them with the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012. The government also formulated the Peaceful Assembly Act, provided a RM6 million allocation to increase the number of policemen as well as for the installation of closed-circuit television cameras in 25 local government areas nationwide. - Bernama |
| Report: 21 Malaysians arrested in Singapore over GE13 protest out on bail Posted: 13 May 2013 07:38 AM PDT PETALING JAYA: The 21 Malaysians who were arrested on Saturday for staging a protest over the May 5 general election results at the Merlion Park have been released on bail, according to The Straits Times. The daily understands that investigations are still ongoing. It is not known when they were released, how much bail had been set at, or whether their work and visit passes will be reviewed. Singapore police have issued a strong statement which said that foreigners have to abide by Singapore's laws. "They should not import their domestic issues from their countries into Singapore and conduct activities which can disturb public order. Those who break the law will be seriously dealt with," a police spokesman said in the statement. The arrests came after nine Malaysians had been warned for protesting in a similar illegal gathering last Wednesday, also held at the Merlion Park. The police said the work and visit passes of the nine were being reviewed by the authorities. Malaysian High Commissioner to Singapore Datuk Md Hussin Nayan has said that the protest was illegal and those who knowingly organised and participated in such an illegal activity should face the consequences. "I hope Malaysians working or studying in Singapore will reflect more on their situation before acting illegally," he said. Related Stories: |
| William Yau inquest: No Chinese boy seen playing near jetty where body was found Posted: 13 May 2013 07:00 AM PDT PETALING JAYA: A resident living near Sungei Sireh jetty in Port Klang where six-year-old William Yau's body was found told a Coroner's Court that he never saw a boy that age playing near the jetty. Satarudin Kamal, 45, was asked whether a Chinese boy aged between six and seven years was spotted playing in the jetty area. "I have never seen the boy between that age at the jetty area as it is restricted to members," he said. Satarudin was giving his evidence at the inquest to find out the cause of William Yau's death. William was reported missing in Putra Heights, Subang Jaya on Jan 16 after his father Yau Kok Kang and mother Goh Ying Ying had gone briefly to a store to buy a washing machine, leaving the boy with his two other siblings in the car. Satarudin, a supervisor at the fishermen's market, said William Yau's body was swollen and decomposed when it was first discovered by a fisherman at the jetty on Jan 24. He said the body was found floating face up near a boat with the eyes missing probably eaten by fishes. He said he saw the body being swept by waves from Sungai Kelang while having a drink with his fellow fishermen at a coffee shop at about 6.30pm. "My friend Yusuf Osman and I rushed to the place where the body was seen floating and tied the legs with ropes to prevent it from drifting away. "Yusuf later pulled the body to the side," he said. To another question by DPP Lee Keng Fatt on gender, Satarudin said: "Physically the body was like an eight-year-old boy". Meanwhile, a worker at William Yau's father's shop, Lim Say Kim, 28, said he knew the family for about five years and had been working at Yau's motorcycle repair workshop for the past three years. Lim said he had never seen the boy's parents quarrel. Asked by Coroner Mohd Hezri Shaharil on the last time he saw William Yau, Lim said it was between 5pm and 6pm the day he was reported missing. |
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