By Jeff Ooi,
There are no better cops in the entire police force than Musa Hassan.
So, his term as the IGP was extended by another year -- the second extension after his age-inflicted retirement in 2007. His shelf-life has been re-tagged to September 13, 2010.
This Raya angpau was gift-wrapped yesterday. On the advice of the prime minister (Najib Razak) and with endorsement of the Police Force Commission, which is headed by the home minister (Hishammuddin Hussein, Najib's cousin), constitutional monarch the Yang di-Pertuan Agong had given his consent to extend Musa's tenure.
Crime index up by 35.5%
If track record is a criteria to Musa's extension of service, here is one.
It was revealed at a recent parliamentary round-table on the the tenure of the IGP that in the seven years from 1997 to 2004, crime index increased by 29%; but in the four years from 2004 to 2008 -- when Musa was in office as the IGP -- crime index increased by 35.5%!
In 2005, the Dzaiddin Police Royal Commission recommended that the PDRM should target a minimum of 20% decrease in the number of crimes committed for each category "within 12 months of this Report’s acceptance and implementation.”
As a context, the Dzaiddin Commission referenced that there were 156,455 incidents of crime in 2004, which was an increase of 29% from 121,176 cases in 1997.
The slide did not stop after the Dzaiddin Commission was released.
According to official statistics given in Parliament, and cited by Kit Siang in his blog, crime index have galloped to break the 200,000 mark, with the incidence of crime shooting up to 209,582 in 2007 and 211,645 in 2008.
So I repeat: In the seven years from 1997 to 2004 (pre-Musa days), crime index increased by 29%, but in the four years from 2004 to 2008, crime index increased by 35.5%.
That's what we will kongsi raya with all fellow Malaysians.
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