NAME: CHEU SZE LENG
MATRIC NO: 149255
GROUP: 39
Selangor state executive councillor Dr Xavier Jayakumar lodged a report at the district police in Klang recently calling for the force to pay serious attention to the growing crime in Klang and its surrounding areas.
The Seri Andalas assemblyman said he had been receiving a lot of verbal and written complaints from Klang residents over the increasing cases of snatch theft, robbery and break-in.
He said the state government was also concerned of the growing crime rate especially in Taman Sentosa, Taman Seri Andalas, Taman Klang Jaya and Bandar Bukit Tinggi.
“We want the police to do something and bring the problem under control because people are scared to take strolls in their own housing areas.
“To make matters worse the criminals are becoming bolder and now carry out break-ins, robberies or snatch thefts during the day,” he told reporters outside the Klang District Police station after he lodged the report.
Dr Xavier said he almost became a victim recently when two men on a motorcycle tried to attack his maid with a parang while she was sweeping the floor outside the main gate of his house in Taman Klang Jaya.
The two men wearing full-face helmets fled on their machine when the maid ran into the house screaming upon seeing them approach.
He said some foreign workers carrying out renovation work in a house opposite his were not so lucky and ended being robbed just a few days later.
“These criminal activities also make investors think twice before coming to Selangor and the tourism industry has also been affected,” he said.
Dr Xavier said the people could no longer accept excuses that the police lacked personnel or faced logistics problems.
He said if the police were facing such problems they should ask for more allocations under the Ninth Malaysia Plan to beef up the force.
“The people have been suffering for some time now and they want the police to find ways to bring the crime under control because they cannot live in fear any longer,” he said.
The police, he said, needed to show a greater presence in residential and commercial areas to deter criminals, who now seemed to be able to time their activities to ensure they escaped before a patrol car came by.
He urged the state and district police to looks into ways to reduce crime in Klang and also hold more activities to teach the community on ways to avoid becoming victims and how to protect their own neighbourhoods.
He added that the state government was willing to join the police in any efforts to help reduce crime in Klang and other places in the state.
SUMMARY:
Recently, the crime rate increase in Klang, especially in Taman Sentosa, Taman Seri Andalas, Taman Klang Jaya and Bandar Bukit Tinggi. The assemblyman receiving a lot of written complaints from Klang residents over the increasing cases. Some cases are snatch theft, robbery and break-in often happened at Klang. Dr Xavier became a victim recently when two men on a motorcycle tried to attack his maid with a parang while she was sweeping the floor outside the main gate of his house in Taman Klang Jaya.
