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This is just fucking sick. Please check out this video.
Send the video’s link to as many people as you know.
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Paul Ooi
Lim Kit Siang
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There is only so much one person can do. How many letters can you write to the Editors? How many blog posts on can you publish to convince the public on the importance of an issue?
The real power is not in the hands of the blogger — but its in the readers’ and what many, many readers can do collectively.
From Aizuddin.
So yeah, I’m heeding his call.
Like Suan, I’ve encountered both good and bad cops, although it must be pointed out that the latter grossly outnumbers the former. Actually, I’ve only met good cops once in my life which was during my road bully incident, that’s all. I’m holding on the thought that there might be more of those in the force.
The other experiences left nothing to be desired and I’d like to list down the more memorable ones. Of course, what happened to me were peanuts of the peanuts compared to what happened to others.
1. Shortly after my house was burglared, the cop that came hinted to death that he would like a couple of bottles of liquor from my Dad’s collection. My Dad didn’t give in…suffice to say, investigations were lukewarm at best in spite of countless leads and witnesses. Did I tell you they arrived at the scene about 45mins late eventhough the station is 5 mins away?
2. We were waiting for our turn to appeal for summon discounts at the police station. An off-duty cop approached me. He was very friendly and offered to open another booth to speed things up. I gladly accepted. When I got the receipt, which was not computer generated, I realised that for a RM350 speeding ticket, I had only need to pay RM100 for the discounted ticket. But I only got back RM50 in return. Guess where the RM200 went?
Frankly, I’m quite fed-up with the government’s stance on combating corruption. Making cops wearing anti-corruption badges will not make a freaking difference. Are you telling me the PDRM’s emblem is not of enough authority to combat corruption but a cheap plastic will do the job?
I suppose it would be a tad hypocritical to say that I’d definitely not bribe to get out things. Truth is, economically and practically it is still the best thing to do. When my friend was pulled over for a breathalyzer test and we were very sure he passed or within the legal limits (it was orange colour- someone enlighten me please?), he was still asked to get down from his car for some negotiation. His girlfriend questioned the cop for reasons of doing so. Cop avoided eye-contact with the girlfriend and still insisted that he get down from his car. Eventually he did. Fifteen minutes later, he returned to the car, RM400 poorer and with a warning from the cop to his girlfriend, “Shut up or else”. I get shivers from mere speculation of what he meant by “or else”. So, how does one person react in such situation? On one hand you’re faced with a bribe-hungry cop and on the other hand you’re faced with the likeliness of landing into unneccesary trouble for not giving in to the fucker’s demands.
Allow me to digress.
The police has retaliated against the four women from China who lodged reports against the wrong-doings and corruption of police by conducting spot-checks on their private lives. Early this morning, about 7-8 uniformed policemen went to houses of the four Chinese nationals.
According to Yu Xuzhen, the first of the four to lodged complaints to police HQ and ACA, police pressed the bell of her house at about 2am while she was asleep.
When she refused to come out of the house, the police shouted her name outside the door and woke up the neighbours in her condo.
After that, the police called the mobile phone of her husband to check whether her husband was with her at home. In the end she has to wake up her husband to open the door to meet with the police.
It is obvious that the police are trying to harass these brave women who lodged complaints about their wrong-doings. The police are trying to dig into the women’s private lives to expose them to public, to show to public that these women are not “clean”. That’s why they check them at midnight. It is also a form of threat, an attempt to let them know their private lives are under scrutiny of police now.
From Teresa Kok’s.
This is seriously getting out of hand.
Read more at:
Suan
The Star- Chinese women harrassed by cops.
The Star- Cop sueing for defamation.
patrick said:
on November 23, 2005 at 4:16 pm
These 4 ladies make up only the tip of an iceberg! There must have been countless many other foreign girls who underwent similar treatment and did not report. It’s about time we have a Judge Dredd or the Equaliser!
spiller said:
on November 23, 2005 at 5:35 pm
I say we get from Vic Mackey The Shield. Still corrupted, but at least the money is from the mobs.
Saygore said:
on November 23, 2005 at 6:01 pm
i have posted in suanie’s blog about the untouchable. here i want to highlight on Chinese women being prejudiced by the local peoples and enoforcement agencies. our local,i mean majority, especially the chinese women ( malaysian ) , they tends to bias uopn the china chinese women. local have the impression that the china chinese women come to malaysia to be “siu long lui” or ” wu lei jing”. just because some individual young and pretty china chinese girls come to malaysia to become prostitute and some cheat and con thier ” husbands” away. they think all china chinese women are the same.
i urge all malaysian to treat and look upon the china chinese women equally and fair.
the police and immigration are bias enforcement has drive the genuine chinese tourist away ! with all those maltreatment and threat no wonder the chinese tourist visit has drop half this year. the genting case and the recent police case has draw frontpage news and forums in mainland china and the talks of chinese all over the world. my friend who study in Canada already overheard the china chinese talking about the mnalaysian police meltreat the chinese women last friday.
now that Malaysia is famous for notorious treatment of mainland chinese women. what your say??
Chris Chong said:
on November 23, 2005 at 6:34 pm
Whilst I agree that corruption is a problem with the police force, I have - believe it or not - had some really reassuring experiences with them lately. Some examples:
1. A friend’s house got broken into while she was in it. Alone. Naturally, she panicked and called all her friends and family from her mobile. Anyway, the cops showed up at her place in less than 5 minutes, which was pretty fast - but the robber had ran off much earlier.
Also, they explained to her and her family members exactly how the robber broke their padlock and even gave some useful pointers on how to make your house less attractive to random burglars (have a car parked inside, TV on in the living room, etc…) It really works, apparently.
They acknowledged that they probably wouldn’t be able to catch the culprit, but also explained that break-ins were quite common in the area and they were stepping-up efforts to prevent them. And after a friendly handshake, they (the police) were off.
The cool thing is, I did notice an increase in police patrols around her area in the following weeks. Even now - about a year later - I can still see frequent patrols.
2. I had accidentially ran a red light while turning into another road at about 4am in the morning. I thought the lights for turning right had turned green when they - in fact - hadn’t.
The thing was, I was feeling rather sleepy and didn’t realise it. Some cops spotted me and pulled me over.
After asking me some questions, it was apparent that I didn’t realise why I was being pulled over for. I apologized, explaining to them that it was an accident.
They listened, nodded and let me off with a warning, along with some friendly advice on not driving when I’m sleepy.
I was pleasantly surprised as the cops were more interested in my well-being than in getting money.
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These are just a couple of examples. I have had many more experiences where I’ve been stopped by honest cops, who were genuinely trying to make our streets safer, instead of merely issuing summons and taking bribes.
So keep your chin up. I agree that the badges are a silly idea, but there’s hope yet for Malaysia.
TIPS ON BREATH TESTS
When you get stopped for a breath test, make sure that:
a) you’re polite. NEVER lose your temper or show dissatisfaction. Always explain your position sternly, but politely and they’ll be more willing to listen and go easy.
b) Identify if they’re trying to get a bribe, or if they’re just doing their jobs. If they cover the other end of the plastic tube with their thumbs and ask you to blow as hard as possible, they’re looking for a bribe - that’s because your breath is being compressed and would automatically register a higher alcohol reading.
When used properly, you should be able to blow cleanly through the plastic tube of the breathalyser without any constrictions.
If they’re looking for a bribe, be careful. There’s no sure-fire way out of it, but ALWAYS stick to point a). Never threaten them or insult them - just tell them that a cop once explained to you the proper way to do a breath test and politely ask for a repeat test.
If you’re still over the limit, then you’re fucked, of course.
wingz said:
on November 24, 2005 at 12:02 am
Seriously good cops are everywhere, dont whack them all just because of a few bad apples.
miruL said:
on November 24, 2005 at 5:48 am
I think only a few cops that are making all the others look shitty. My uncle is from the pdrm too, and i did asked him about all the bribes and stuffs, and he said yes they do exist but if the ppl that took bribes got caught, they will definitely get fired.
so i guess it’s better for you to report to the officers above them. let all the mofo that is smearing shits on pdrm got sacked.
good for them anyways. bloody bastards.
blacklighter said:
on November 24, 2005 at 8:53 pm
I think the video shouldn’t be spread out. I mean, the lady has already had enough of humiliation. Shouldn’t we give her some respect by stopping all the spreading of the video instead of spreading it out? Anyway, just my 2 cents.
admin: in my humble opinion, her face wasn’t clear (thank goodness the woman cop’s face was quite visible though). but yes, the victim’s face should at least be pixelated. i appreciate your point, but i still think that spreading this video does more good than not doing so.
Paul Tan said:
on November 24, 2005 at 9:52 pm
reminds me of the publicity of that maid who got abused.
Lainie said:
on November 24, 2005 at 10:28 pm
off topic, that i view abuse maid stories with some caution.
Nessa’s maid, before she was fired (and i can vouch that nessa’s mom practically bent over backwards to accomodate the days she felt too lazy to work), we discovered she was purposely pulling out her own hair, and causing herself the types of injury that’d look like she was abused.
And that, was scary.
admin: likewise. all my family’s maids in the past had some sort of problems - inability to appreciate privileges given to them, laziness, kleptomania, nymphomania, etc. one even fell asleep in the midst of chores. i’m serious, she fell asleep at my Mom’s door with a broom in her hand. freaked my Mom out, thought she fainted. one accused my brother of hitting her…he was 9 and dumb. no more imported maids. i’m the maid now.
spiller said:
on November 25, 2005 at 11:29 am
The maid + the pancakes = good housewife material
your bf is a lucky man
hehe.. just wanna lighten up things.. so tension la here
miruL said:
on November 26, 2005 at 2:59 am
Kim, there’s some report on the internet that the video is actually not taken from a lock-up. Where got lokap that has so many lockers inside? Someone commented that thing maybe from some training camp or something, and the lady’s voice is not fierce enuff, n the lady is already naked the moment she walked in. She’s late for something, not sure. And background you can here somebody reciting the quran…
admin: because it’s a locker room lah.
miruL said:
on November 26, 2005 at 3:06 am
BTW how can you really confirm that person is from royal diraja army?
Read some comments from http://www.brandmalaysia.com/movabletype/archives/2005/11/with_authority.html#more
admin: for all i know, the video clip only confirms what is happening at our backyard. even if it’s fake, it certainly doesnt mean it didn’t happen. my father’s friend had been through similar experience and i’d believe him this instant than a whole cart of bullocks that PDRM is churning out now.
miruL said:
on November 26, 2005 at 3:06 am
BTW how can you really confirm that person is from royal diraja army?
Read some comments from http://www.brandmalaysia.com/movabletype/archives/2005/11/with_authority.html#more
“This sure proves something tha I’ve always believed…… that people will believe whatever they see or hear on the net. If that’s a lockup, then I’ve just had dinner with Elvis. Come on. Get real.
A lockup with a bunch of lockers ? The kind you get in a swimming pool changing room, complete with keys, on multicolored bands. Sheessssh,..Not to say a wide open window ?. Really nice place the malaysian Lockups. You get your own lockers.
She’s believed to be a Chinese national … who appears to understand Malay perfectly ?. She did exactly 10 ‘ketuk-ketampi’, as instructed. And the tone of the police officer’s voice. She wasn’t even shouting. You think they’d be that nice to you in a lockup.
What this looks like to me is a senoir police cadet (or something along those lines) punishing a junior cadet for being late in the morning. And as you can hear someone reciting the Quran in the background, It’s probably right before azan subuh. Again suggesting that it was early in the morning and the individual was punished for being late. She was not asked to strip, she was already naked. Think about it. That person Teresa KoK Suh Sim doesn’t have the slightest idea. Someone should sue her. Hell, I might…. gonna call my lawyers now..
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admin: here
Wunderbar said:
on December 21, 2005 at 9:30 pm
This is an honest question:
if the woman in that video were you, would you tell thousands of strangers to pass it around?
Thanks for your response.
admin: as a matter of fact, I will, albeit unwillingly, but yes, i will. why? because it’s about the only right thing left to do considering the circumstances in this country.