In this letter I hope to address and provide insights on police and other law enforcement agencies’ policies and procedures during a hot pursuit. During such a scenario, a police officer will weigh and assess the risk a fleeing suspect in a vehicle may pose to the public if allowed to escape versus the danger…
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia should gear itself towards cyber resilience as the threat of a global cybersecurity breach continues to pose a major risk. Cybersecurity expert Professor Dr Selvakumar Manickam from Universiti Sains Malaysia said the country should produce more cybersecurity engineers and invest in acquiring the latest technology while constantly evaluating all public portals and…
KUALA LUMPUR: Dragging repeat offenders to court, alternative forms of sentencing and publicising legal repercussions against errant celebrities flouting the standard operating procedures (SOP) can revive the public’s trust towards the authorities. Legal experts and criminologists stressed that these moves would reinforce the fact that no one is above the law, including VVIPs who were…
Former Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador, had in March, said senior ranking officers within the police force were corrupt. The damning revelation, however, came as no surprise, given there had been an increasing number of police officers being nabbed for their involvement in crime. Corruption among enforcement personnel in recent times…
A top criminologist has called upon the authorities to quickly act on the allegations of corruption and political interference made by former Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador so that the revelations will not be in vain. Datuk P. Sundramoorthy, who is an honorary associate professor of Universiti Sains Malaysia, said it was…
PETALING JAYA: Should laws in the Federal Constitution that grant the home minister chairmanship of the Police Force Commission (PFC) be amended to shift such leadership to an apolitical official as suggested by outgoing Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador (pix) on Friday? National Patriot Association president Datuk Mohamed Arshad Raji said he fully…
PETALING JAYA: Do security companies offering bodyguard services carry out a background check on clients to ascertain they are not involved in illegal activities? Criminologist Datuk Dr P. Sundramoorthy who raised the matter yesterday told theSun that due diligence should be performed by security companies to ensure their bodyguards or armed escorts are not providing personal…
PETALING JAYA: Vigilance is key to staying safe in cyberspace but for more than half a billion Facebook users in 106 countries, including Malaysia, it may already be too late. They have likely become targets of cyber bullying and online harassment. Facebook revealed on Sunday that their accounts had been hacked and their personal information posted…
