Recently in Crime Category

Yesterday's traffic jam was probably the worst I have ever seen (and unfortunately been in) while I have been in Kuala Lumpur.

After work, it took me one and a half hours to travel less than 2 km from in front of my office to the Pavilion shopping center down the road. There were a lot of angry angry people in their vehicles and there were definitely many curses flying around as people became more impatient with the inability to actually move.

On the radio I hear that they have closed Jalan Parliament and all roads in KL are a mess. I see a lot of people looking at their watches and shaking their heads in disbelief. People waiting to go back via public buses on the street were looking extremely frustrated - especially when it started to rain heavily.

How can this happen? Traffic only started to go back to normal around 10-ish and I camped at Starbucks until then.

The main cause was the supposed rally at Parliament House - which had a snowballing effect thanks to the moron who decreed that main roads should be closed or have checkpoints set up to slow people down especially during peak hours in KL effectively crippling all roads.

Reading the news (from alternative media of course) so far, it wasn't even a rally. The opposition had organised to hand in a memorandum to the Parliament to try to stop the decision of the UMNO-majority house to pass a bill to extend the tenure of the man who is heading the Election Commision who is supposed retire.

If you don't understand why - think about it this way. The man heading the Election Commision is basically in charge of the election process in the country. If the top man is corrupted (just IF), then obviously there will be a bias towards...for example the ruling party (perhaps?) to ensure they will be reelected in the next general elections... which coincidentally is around the corner.

This will ensure that the ruling party goes on for another term 'legally' re-elected.

Anyways going back to yesterday - check out the following video of the multiple arrests the police made against the opposition party on parliament grounds.

My uncle lives in JB. He works in Singapore and commutes between JB and Singapore almost daily to his workplace.

He is lying in hospital at the moment because on Friday night at around 10 pm, he finished work and as usual he travelled back to JB and he proceeded to collect his car which was parked at Komtar.

He was ambushed as he was approaching his car by four men - that were either Malay or Indonesian ethnicity. He was whacked up with several blows on his head, had his nose kicked in and broken and his fingers cut up as he defended himself from their ferociousness as they tried to drag him into the car along with them.

These four animals lay siege on one person with sticks and knives not fearing the consequences nor any repercussions - and they could have very much killed him as he is very badly injured now. He is still throwing up in hospital, and he has received a lot of stitches on his whole body.

They took all his belongings - money, identification, cards, passport and the family Toyota Avanza which by the way is the only car the family proudly owns.

With the amount of crime going on in JB, this must be the worst place in Malaysia to be in.

The lowest and ugliest of all hell holes foul to be exact.

Recently a brutal gang rape sparked national outrage.

Barely a week later, we have another piece of news. This time 2 incidents. This time 2 younger girls, now brutally scarred for life emotionally and mentally.

While the public has started campaigning for a safer JB, and the culprits have supposedly been nabbed - the fact remains that JB is looking to be the worst place to be in at the moment.

While our 'beloved' PM Pak Lah calls for more investment to this part of the Malaysian region, this must be his biggest selling point to potential foreign investors.

"Come and invest in JB, where your women will be raped, your cars stolen, your bags snatched and your houses broken into."

Fantastic. Ok I may sound like I am exaggerating, but ask any of the locals and I will bet you they will agree with me.

The police have failed to keep the public safe.

The law has failed to keep the repeat offenders away. What is the public to do in such a place?

I have family living in JB. These incidents are beginning to make me worry about their safety tremendously.

What the #$%@ is going on down there???

From the NST today.

"Every state, except Kedah, recorded an increase in crime last year. The number of serious crimes has also gone up."

This is indeed worrying. Especially after reading this other article about this old couple who was murdered in a burglary. The kinds of animals we have in the country that is willing to do anything is sickening.

I wonder if Pak Lah's government is even aware of this.

Read the article after the jump.