Tormented People of the Nation

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More Pain & More Anguish!

Sharlinie was kidnapped and not found. It's more than 2 weeks now and yet the ongoing police search leads to nothing; no signs, no symptom, no clues.

But police said they were fruitful. The police justified this by proving that they had conducted several search operations in search of Sharlinie's abductors and had netted a total of 185 illegal immigrants and illegal workers.

So, it was a great effort and fruitful scoop.

However ACP Arjunaidi Mohammed was quick to emphasise that the operations were conducted to locate Sharlinie and not aimed at ferreting out illegal immigrants. The police are looking for Sharlinie and not illegal immigrants.

So, the illegal immigrants and workers now sigh a great relief. They can feel safe and comfortable with the assurance from the District Police Chief.

In the search for Sharlinie, the police conducted their searches at various construction work sites. Why do they think Sharlinie could possibly be placed at work sites, I am puzzled. Maybe, it's not to leave any stone unturn; maybe, construction sites are playgrounds for illegals and criminals; Maybe Sharlinie was abducted and had to perform hard labor at construction works. Maybe, and so many maybe.

Despite the best efforts by the police and forensic units, no trace of Sharlinie, who went missing on Jan 9, was detected.

The police force seems unable to do much about Sharlinie. They couldn't do much about Nurin. They couldn't do much about so many other crime cases - rape cases, robbery cases, Mat Rempit cases.

But one thing they are effective and highly capable.


The police arrested 56 people who took part in an illegal assembly to protest rising prices.

The NST reported that, about 200 people took part in a demonstration near Suria KLCC shopping center. The protest was organized by PROTES (the Coalition Against Inflation).

The police went as far as possible to get the courts to grant an injunction to bar the gathering and to get the court to empower them to arrest those who participated in the gathering.

The police were at full force to act. About 1,300 policemen were on duty to carry out the arrest. Federal Reserve Units (FRU) were later called in to handle those who resists arrest.

No wonder the criminals are a damn happy lots. In fact the aspiring criminals were extremely delighted as they see themselves as successful entrepreneurs of the future. They know there aren't enough police personnels to deal with their plan and targets. They can now plan their targets when there is demonstrations or gatherings or vigils because the whole police contingent would be deployed to arrest protesters and leave them safe to conduct their businesses.

Yesterday, I was driving around KL areas and did not go to KLCC and the golden triangle areas. The drive was free flow. In fact the cars were at high speed and almost every car overtook me, including proton hatchback, Wira, Waja, Kancils and Kenaris. I was wondering what's the reason there weren't roadblocks and speed-traps at various certified and specified locations around KL. The journey yesterday confirmed there was none. I thought the police had rested yesterday; but now I know they were not resting; they were hard at work at KLCC.

The people are not allowed to protest against rising prices. They were not allowed to submit memorandum to the King. They were not allowed to submit memo to the British High Commission. They were not allowed to celebrate Human Rights Day. They were not allowed Freedom Walk. They were not allowed to carry out a vigil. No, the police is against these events.

It's now the primary duties of police to stop demonstrations; it's now a secondary role of the police to catch criminals, because they are hard to catch and they made the police job difficult but the protesters made the police job easy as they gather together as a group, within a confined area, and have proper identifications such as printings on T-shirts, caps, banners, flags, etc.

The criminals are not so cooperative. They do not gather in groups at specific areas and do not apply for permits to conduct their operations. They do not shout slogans to identify their intentions. They just go quietly doing their jobs and leaving no traces of their crimes. Why can't the criminals conduct themselves like those protesters so that the police can sent a contingent of personnels and FRUs to arrest them? Why can't the criminals cooperate with the police and make the life of our police easier? Afterall, they too are Malaysian citizens, just like PROTES members, BERSIH members, and HINDRAF members.

Has the police being made the new enemies of the people? Had the police made themselves much hated by the people?

Had the police being made the new buddies of the criminals? Had the police made themselves much loved by the criminals?

Maybe, Merdeka Centre for Opinion Research should conduct two more surveys or polls, one from the ordinary people and another from those criminals and those aspiring criminals, to understand the people better.