Monday October 19, 2009
Hisham: Crime rate can be reduced by 20% next year
KOTA KINABALU: The Home Ministry is on track towards achieving its assigned National Key Result Area of reducing crime nationwide.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said this would be the core message in his briefing to the Prime Minister today.
Hishammuddin said operation centres have been set up to enable Bukit Aman to closely monitor the situation at 50 identified crime hotspots in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Penang and Johor.
“Daily reports are coming in. Our target to reduce the crime rate by 20% next year will become a reality,” he said after a walkabout along the state capital’s scenic waterfront yesterday.
Sabah police have identified the area as crime-prone.
Earlier, Hishammuddin hosted his ministry’s Hari Raya open house here.
Among those who attended were Chief Minister Datuk Musa Aman and other state leaders.
Hishammuddin said despite the focus on the 50 crime hotspots, police were not ignoring other areas.
He said 715 crimes were reported in the city last year while 401 cases were reported in the city in the first nine months of the year.
“We realise this situation not only affects public order but also has a negative impact on the tourism industry,” Hishammuddin said.
He said Sabah’s first Tourist Police base would be built here.
“We want a strong police omnipresence in Sabah and this we hope will help reduce the crime rate,” he added.
To a question on the status of some 52,000 children in Sabah who were unable to obtain birth certificates as their parents were non citizens, Hishammuddin said the Home Ministry was working with other government bodies, including the courts, to resolve the issue.
Home Ministry adviser Datuk Michael Chong had earlier been quoted as saying that the ministry had resolved the issue.
He added that the minister’s stand was that the children were the innocent parties.
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