PETALING JAYA: Transparency International-Malaysia’s (TI-M) 2021 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) global ranking reported that Malaysia, which ranked 62 out of 180 countries, has slid from 57 in 2020. With fresh financial scandals causing billions of ringgit in losses such as the recent case involving the purchase of the littoral combat ships emerging, it will not be…
GEORGE TOWN: Besides implementing heavier penalties to curb the Mat Rempit menace, the government also needs to carry out awareness programmes to educate the younger generation, says criminologist Datuk Dr P. Sundramoorthy. The Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) lecturer said youths must be raised to become responsible drivers and instilled with good values and ethics from…
There is an urgent need to establish an effective system to improve practices related to suicide prevention in Malaysia. So said criminologist Datuk Dr P. Sundramoorthy, who added that preventing suicides involves a whole of society approach. According to the World Health Organisation, 703,000 people take their own lives annually, with many more attempting suicides….
PETALING JAYA: Cybersecurity experts say many Malaysians are gullible and tend to believe anything they see online, making them easy prey for scammers. The experts have raised concerns that such naivety may lead to more cases like a recent one in Ipoh where a 64-year-old woman lost RM5.29 million in a love scam. Universiti Sains Malaysia…
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…
