Monday, September 10, 2007

Batman, Where Are You?

I wrote this column for Oriental Daily 2 weeks ago, but forgot to post it last week. It's an adaptation of a blog post I wrote here a while back on "Crime City".

蝙蝠侠在哪里?

在过去几个月,除了通过新闻报道获知之外,你还从朋友、朋友的朋友,还有朋友的朋友的朋友身上知道国内城市的罪案令人非常担忧。

有一位曾是同事的朋友在其位于八打灵再也住家前,被一位在车内持巴冷刀等待的“友善男士”所抢劫。

一位来自新加坡的朋友,光天化日在吉隆坡城市中心(KLCC)附近被人扒走钱包。(我为这个国家惭愧极了!)

上个月,我的妹妹大白天在敦依斯迈医生花园走路去工作时,却被匪徒亮刀抢劫。

在我之前公司任职的一位员工,在过去3年就经历两次暴力攫夺案。第一次,她就被送入医院求医。当然, 她并非办公室内唯一的罪案受害者。

另一位管理级员工在离开汽车不到10分钟时间,即被人从车尾厢撬走手提电脑。去年12月,国会反对党领袖林吉祥亦面对同样的命运。

我的嫂嫂所任职的对外贸易办公室,同样在大白天被人劫走电脑器材。

另一位前职员去年被人偷走其运动型休旅车。曾是我商业亲密伙伴的马来西亚IBM总经理,去年杪亦被人驾车其轿车。这还不包括那些在购买新车后,只在数分钟即被人驾走新车的人士。

在去年开斋节期间,我的住家亦遭爆劫。

过去3年,我国的暴力罪案飙升高达93.7%,即从2003年2万1千859宗增至2006年4万2千343宗。每一天平均所发表的强奸案亦从2003年4宗增至今年8宗。然而,这还不包括未向警方投报的案件。

请认真想一想,你难道不认为很恐怖呢?这一切难道是因为这个国家被一群无能的部长,尤其将矛头直指人民的国内安全部副部长莫哈末佐哈里所管理?又或者我国的警队根本没有全力扑灭罪案?再不然,这跟国家经济下滑有关?

尽管我非常关注治安的问题,然而若每个人对国内治安不理不睬,这是相当令人担忧的。(难道这跟年龄有关?)难道我们逐渐沦落为《蝙蝠侠》电影里头的愚人城市(Gotham City)?

我们的蝙蝠侠去了哪里?我们在庆祝国庆50周年的当儿,是否能够看到蝙蝠侠出现呢?哦,国庆日快乐!啊……你们快乐吗?

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's a BIG business now in Malaysia for companies which can provide security to individuals, homes, and businesses.

Malaysians are so pitiful lots - stay or locked up in houses equipped with locks, chains, alarms, and metallic structures - houses that look like jail but Malaysians call homes!

What has become of Malaysia? Almost every household has a sad story (like robbery, close encounter with snatch thieves, etc) to tell.

Yet we say to foreigners: Come, visit Malaysia for an unforgetable experience. Oh, yeah!?

Anonymous said...

It is a sad state of affairs. Malaysians are locked up in their houses while the robbers/thieves/muggers roam the streets. And all the government is doing is having a go at a young man and his rap video. Pitiful? indeed.

Anonymous said...

Question: Hello Mr.PM cum internal security minister Pak-suka-tidur-Lah, what are you doing to fight the escalating crimes in the country?

Answer: http://malaysia-today.net/blog2006/pictures.php?itemid=7992

Anonymous said...

In JB town, in early morning many robbering cases occurred near the overhead bridge from CitySquare to the other side. Many victims are going to work in Singapore.

My brother was robbered by a group of 16-25 ages of India youth last month. He lost the DBS ATM and master card. He went to the JB Police HQ making a report. Wow, he told me with a laugh the HQ is in a dark only 3-4 non-uniform detectors slept in the office! It was about 6:00am. Because one robber went to withdraw money from BSN and UOB banks. So, the Singapore Bank had capture the picture of this robber. But, BSN (very reluctant to do) didn't show the video to police. The case is unsettled yet! How easily if the Police really want to catch those teens. Yet, they didn't take any action after so many cases in the same place already.

One of the policeman told my brother he had more than 10 robbering cases to handle! He cited low salary and unfamiliar the JB environment because he was transferred from Ipoh. I don't understand those Top Officers (Ministers, Police Officers ...etc) - are they really want to serve this Nation or just for own sake of interest?!!

You can imagine how worst this country is?

Unknown said...

You can only find Batman in Gotham City but in Bolehland, you can find "Bad man" taking laws in their own hands.

Anonymous said...

Not true lah, we can indeed find Batman in Bolehland, don't believe? See here:

Location 1:
http://aja49.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/paklahtido01.jpg

Location 2:
http://www.umno-reform.com/pak_lah_tidur.jpg

Location 3:
http://www.buletinonline.net/picture/lahtidur.jpg


Are you convinced now?


Former supporter of UMNO