Ah! Jadi benarlah selama ini korupsi atau rasuah benar wujud di Malaysia walaupun dinafikan tahapnya oleh pemerintah. Dan, jika dikaji dari lapuran di bawah, ianya bermakna gejala ini telah menular jauh ke akar umbi sehingga pihak polis sama terbabit. Alhamdulillah, semoga langkah ini dapat mengurangkan gejala ini. Tapi, mengapa dihentikan di tahap ini sahaja? Bagaimana pula di cabang perkhidmatan awam yang lain seperti Kastam dan JPJ?
Namun sebelum ianya dilanjutkan lagi, saya ingin mengsyorkan agar kesemua ahli politik terbabit sama. Ini memandangkan bahawa rasuah ahli politik membabitkan wang yang melebihi beratus ribu ringgit malah mencecah berjuta. Yang lebih ketara, perbuatan mereka ini membabitkan wang atau harta rakyat. Atau, adakah pemerintah takut kerana seandainya ia membabitkan ahli politik, maka hampir kesemua wakil DUN dan Parlimen mereka akan ditangkap?
And about time action by the government; many a motorist have been victims to the corrupt practice which only now the authorities begin to admit. Looking at the proposed intensity of the campaign however, one would note that corruption is now a deep-rooted issue and that this campaign shhould also be expanded to other branches of the civil services such as the Customs and Road Transport Department as well.
In fact, I would like to proposed that politicians too be subject to this this campaign. This, in view that corrupt practices of the politicians involved not only amounts reaching millions of ringgit, but also the public coffers and rights. Or, is the government afraid that should politicians start being implicated, it would ultimately involve almost all of their representatives in the state assemblies and even Parliament?
From: Raja Petra Kamarudin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:39:50 -0800 (PST)
(AFP) - Malaysian police must wear badges reading "I'm against corruption" as part of a new campaign to clean up the force and discourage people from bribing officers, police said Thursday.
About 40,000 of the badges have been distributed to police officers along with 20,000 car stickers with similar slogans for the force's vehicles, said federal police spokesman Chief Superintendent Mohamad Daud.
"All this is to encourage people to try and avoid giving bribes to the police and also the police to stop taking bribes," Mohamad told AFP, adding that it was compulsory for officers to wear the badges.
Posters have also been distributed to state and police contingents which variously read "Honourable police above corruption", "Don't give and take bribes", "Bribe the police? You will be prosecuted" and "Corruption does not pay".
Mohamad was hopeful the initiatives would change the mindset of police and the public, and said the wearing of the badges would serve as a reminder to eschew corruption.
"Hopefully it will create something like this feeling on both sides," he said, adding that the campaign would continue until further notice.
A survey of Malaysians earlier this year showed nearly 80 percent believe corruption is most prevalent in the public sector. Malaysians often complain of having to pay off officials to get their cases processed.
The police are the government agency most commonly involved in graft, said 68 percent of those surveyed. Two-thirds of the bribes paid involved the police, mostly for traffic violations.
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has pledged to combat corruption. Since he came to power in 2003 one cabinet minister has resigned over graft, while several other politicians from the ruling party have faced censure.
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Posted by Raja Petra Kamarudin to MT-news at 11/11/2005 10:33:00 AM
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