IGP Refutes Claims Of Rising Crime Rates

KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 (Bernama) -- Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar refuted claims by some quarters of rising crime rates in the country based on the crime cases reported by the media including social media.

He said the claims were not true because statistics obtained from the state and district police, as well as international platforms like the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) showed the effectiveness of measures to combat and reduce crime in the country.

"If there are quarters who are still not convinced by what have been done by the Royal Malaysian Police since the implementation of the National Key Result Area (NKRA) initiatives to reduce crime two years ago, they can refer to the reports including that issued by GPI.

"And yesterday, international panellists attending the two-day meeting on Review of Crime Reduction 2012 through the NKRA also agreed with what we have done," he said after the Bukit Aman federal police headquarters' greening programme, here, Friday.

The international meeting was also attended by Hong Kong police director of management, SAC Tang How Kong and former head of the Anti-Terrorist Branch of the New Scotland Yard, Peter Clarke.