IGP: Only a handful of cops with issues, involved in crime
BY MUHAMMAD AFIQ MOHD ASRI KUALA LUMPUR: In a reassuring statement, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain has emphasised that only a handful of officers and policemen are grappling with issues and engaging in criminal activities. He asserted that the public need not be alarmed and can trust the police force to conduct transparent […]
Kuching police prevent crime successfully
KUCHING: The police here recently successfully completed the second phase of the Integrated Operation for Special Crime Prevention. This operation aimed to eliminate and prevent criminal incidents by strategically placing roadblocks throughout the district. On Thursday, Kuching police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said, during the first phase of the operation, law enforcement authorities arrested a […]
Mule account owners will not be able to open new bank account
KUALA LUMPUR: Anyone who has allowed their bank accounts to be used for criminal activities will be blacklisted and will not be able to open a new account. Federal police CID director Datuk Mohd Kamarudin Md Din said the police are working together with all banks or financial institutions by sharing information and to identify […]
Community policing team stops crime as it happens
KUCHING: The efforts and cooperation between the public, Sarawak Community Policing Association (SCPA) and Bintawa police station had led to the arrest of two crime suspects in the area. SCPA secretary David Xavier Hii Chin Loung said on Jan 8 at about 1.24pm, a resident of Bintawa reported about persons behaving suspiciously outside gated premises […]
Man who broke into cop’s house arrested
KUCHING: A man was arrested for breaking into a cop’s house on Monday morning. District police chief ACP Awang Din Awang Gani said the incident occurred around 3.30am at Taman Sourabaya Indah here. The police officer was asleep when he was awakened by the sound of the main door being opened. “The police officer went […]
You can run but cannot hide
In large commercial cities, the money power is, I fear irresistible. It is not by open corruption that it always, or even most generally, operates. — Roger B. Taney The old adage “you can run but you cannot hide” truly hits the nail on the head pertaining to a good number of convicted cases thus […]
Police need public help to fight crime
SIMUNJAN: Sebuyau residents are advised to provide information on crime and drug abuse to the police. Simunjan district police chief, DSP Merbin Lisa, in making this appeal, said the identity of information providers would be kept confidential. “The identity of informers and the information they give would not be revealed, but the informers must give […]
