Several Pakatan Rakyat leaders urged the government to clarify allegations made by an anonymous policeman who said that the government had tampered with the crime statistics.
PETALING JAYA: The government must explain allegations made by an anonymous policeman who alleged that there was a manipulation in the nation’s crime index, said Pakatan Rakyat.
“Home Ministry and Performance Management and Delivery Unit [Pemandu] must clarify the accusation. The allegation is serious as it casts doubt on the integrity of official statistics,” said several Pakatan leaders in a joint statement today.
The statement were signed by PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar, Kuala Krai MP Hatta Ramli and Bukit Bendera MP Liew Chin Tong.
Yesterday, Liew published a letter on his blog, purpotedly from a policeman, claiming that there was a systematic attempt to lower the crime statistics by shifting the index crime to the non-index crime when a police report is lodged.
Citing examples, he said that a robbery case, which falls under the Penal Code, comes under the index crime category. However, the police would classify it under Section 382 of the code and automatically relegate it to a non-index crime .
The policeman added that causing hurt comes under Sections 324 and 326 of the Penal Codem which are index crimes. But these offences will be classified under Section 148 of the Penal Code.
Since Section 148 of the Penal Code is a non-index crime category, the case will not be reflected in the crime statistics.
The policeman said that under-classification of the index crime to non-index crime runs into several thousand cases.
The opposition pact urged Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein and Pemandu chief executive Idris Jala to disclose the statistics of cases classified under Sections 148, 382, 452 and 453 of the Penal Code as soon as possible to clarify the matter.
“The data provided must start from the time the National Key Results Area (NKRA) system was implemented and the three years preceeding it, to refute the allegation made,” they said.
PETALING JAYA: The government must explain allegations made by an anonymous policeman who alleged that there was a manipulation in the nation’s crime index, said Pakatan Rakyat.“Home Ministry and Performance Management and Delivery Unit [Pemandu] must clarify the accusation. The allegation is serious as it casts doubt on the integrity of official statistics,” said several Pakatan leaders in a joint statement today.
The statement were signed by PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar, Kuala Krai MP Hatta Ramli and Bukit Bendera MP Liew Chin Tong.
Yesterday, Liew published a letter on his blog, purpotedly from a policeman, claiming that there was a systematic attempt to lower the crime statistics by shifting the index crime to the non-index crime when a police report is lodged.
Citing examples, he said that a robbery case, which falls under the Penal Code, comes under the index crime category. However, the police would classify it under Section 382 of the code and automatically relegate it to a non-index crime .
The policeman added that causing hurt comes under Sections 324 and 326 of the Penal Codem which are index crimes. But these offences will be classified under Section 148 of the Penal Code.
Since Section 148 of the Penal Code is a non-index crime category, the case will not be reflected in the crime statistics.
The policeman said that under-classification of the index crime to non-index crime runs into several thousand cases.
The opposition pact urged Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein and Pemandu chief executive Idris Jala to disclose the statistics of cases classified under Sections 148, 382, 452 and 453 of the Penal Code as soon as possible to clarify the matter.
“The data provided must start from the time the National Key Results Area (NKRA) system was implemented and the three years preceeding it, to refute the allegation made,” they said.
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