The Not-So-Recent Crime

In the last few months, reports after reports appear in the mainstream media and the online media. In the social media, the users have uploaded stories of personal incidents involving crime, which includes being attacked, being robbed or worse sometimes, being killed.

We see a reaction from the Prime Minister who tweeted on this and wrote an article on his blog on the propsed ways on perceived high crime rates. PEMANDU even have recently requested that the media do not sensationalize crime and instead report on solved crimes.

It is an absolute misconception that these crimes and perceived high rate is nothing more than a “recent” event. The fact is such crimes like snatch theft, smashed car glass at traffic lights, house breaking and etc have happened over the years all over Malaysia. However, it seems that the advent of the social media and the easy access to communication tools, makes news of crime is easier to access to.

The key is that irrespective whether the crime rate is “recent” or otherwise, the fact is that there is crime and it hurts the victim and people close to the victim. There is a possibility that there are a lot more crimes at the moment. 


That aside, crimes must be detered, stopped and solved.