By Neville Spykerman - The Malaysian Insider
SUBANG JAYA, Dec 17 — By this time next year, the government aims to have reduced street crimes — including snatch thefts and robberies — by 20 per cent, as part of Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s government transformation programme.
The government is also targeting a five per cent overall reduction in crime in addition to bringing to trial 1,000 violent offenders by December 2010, with the hope of reducing the climate of fear among Malaysians while improving public perception of the police.
Reduction in crime, which is second only to the economy as the area of most concern for Malaysians according to a three-year-government poll, is among five National Key Result Areas (NKRA) unveiled to the public today.
A crime lab, which included 35 participants from 19 ministries, which met to brainstorm over six weeks, has also proposed 55 initiatives to tackle the upward-spiralling crime rate and the widespread perception that police force is corrupt and impotent.
Targeting crime reduction is a crucial part of Najib’s plan to regain public support which has been lost by the ruling Barisan National (BN) coalition ahead polls , which are expected as early as 2011.
The NKRA labs’ proposals will be open to the public tomorrow at the Sunway Convention Centre here in Selangor, which is among four states held by the federal opposition, Pakatan Rakyat.
Booths displaying the initiatives, many of which include recycled programmes such as Rakan Cop and Rukun Tetangga, or commonsense approaches such as setting up a witness protections programme, have been set up.
The public may also opt to have guided tours held by facilitators, which are run with pre-recorded interviews praising the government’s initiatives playing in the background.
Forms are also available for the public to provide feedback and proposals.
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