GEORGE TOWN: The mat rempit/illegal street racing issue cannot be ignored and must be addressed with great urgency, a leading criminologist said. Universiti Sains Malaysia’s Datuk Dr P. Sundramoorthy said the activity threatened public safety as it endangered road users and the riders themselves. He said these street racers were aggressive and violent towards road…
PETALING JAYA: The data of Malaysians could fall into the wrong hands if the country becomes a target of cyberwarfare, experts said. According to a report by The Malaysian Insight, the recent cybersecurity breaches in government agencies showed Malaysia was neither prepared nor equipped for a cyber attack. Cybersecurity expert Professor Dr Selvakumar Manickam of University…
KUALA LUMPUR: While eradicating the spectre of smuggling may be a next-to-impossible task, the government has been urged to pull out all the stops to bring it down to a manageable level. Failure to do this, says criminologist Datuk Dr P. Sundramoorthy, could lead to a knock-on effect of heightened security risks due to the…
An addiction therapist says Malaysia should push to decriminalise drug use in small quantities as it will help addicts on the road to recovery. Chris Sekar, who is an addiction therapist at Gleneagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur, however, says that the minimum quantity allowed for personal use by addicts should be set at 20g. “Under Malaysia’s…
It has been three years since Malaysia first announced its plan to decriminalise drug use in small quantities. This effort appears to have gone up in smoke following the collapse of the Pakatan Harapan government in 2020. The policy is not meant to legalise personal drug use, but rather, to decriminalise it for those who…
KUALA LUMPUR: Concerns have been raised over a possible weak spot in Malaysia’s cyber security system, which could potentially grant unscrupulous parties access to the data of millions of Malaysians. The breach allegedly came in the form of an Open Systems Intelligence (OSINT) tool that is available on the publicly accessible Internet, which in theory…
PETALING JAYA: The police are on the lookout for criminal activities using the “Burundanga” drug. Kuala Lumpur Narcotics Crime Investigation Department deputy director SAC Adnan Azizon (pix) was responding to a question regarding WhatsApp messages that claimed some people had been affected by the drug, which was allegedly used to lace items such as leaflets and…
PETALING JAYA: The various movement control orders since the outbreak of Covid-19 did not stop rapists from getting at their victims – in too many cases, the restricted mobility merely trapped survivors with people they should have been able to trust. “While there was a drop in cases, it was not a significant one compared…
