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LIVING IN FEAR IN OWN COUNTRY
"The number of house break-ins in the country is alarming. Despite all the barricades we put around the perimeter and entrances to our homes, break-ins haunt us every day.
How much longer must this fear remain with us while FOREIGN NATIONALS continue TO ROB and maim us in our own country?
At 4.30 on Sunday morning, four INDONESIANS cut their way into our house. Holding me and my wife for 40 minutes with parangs (machetes), they ransacked and stripped us of our hard-earned wages and some jewellery before fleing.
Thank God, they spared our teenage daughters.
Perhaps our material loss is insignificant in comparison to the injuries caused or lives lost owing to robberies.
The government owes the citizens an obligation. Ensuring safety and security to citizens is a right cannot be denied, dismissed or, worse, left back in the yards of citizens.
Looking at the numerous reported cases these past years, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Malaysia is one of the few countries where citizens BARRICADE THEIR HOMES with METAL GRILLS, PADLOCKS, CHAINS and ALARMS. In some cases, CCTV is the in-thing.
The question is, why should we be doing so? Is it the duty of the authorities to crack down on criminals?
Telling the public to be EXTRA CAREFUL and to INVEST in all kinds of security measures is just absurd. It is tantamount to telling us that nothing can be done TO WEED OUT ROBBERS FROM OUR OWN YARDS."
J.D. LOVRENCIEAR
Semenyih, Selangor
(The Star, 05.04.2006, page N42)
Another letter of opinion sent by anti-immigrant on daily newspaper. As if all robberies are done by FOREIGNERS.
"The number of house break-ins in the country is alarming. Despite all the barricades we put around the perimeter and entrances to our homes, break-ins haunt us every day.
How much longer must this fear remain with us while FOREIGN NATIONALS continue TO ROB and maim us in our own country?
At 4.30 on Sunday morning, four INDONESIANS cut their way into our house. Holding me and my wife for 40 minutes with parangs (machetes), they ransacked and stripped us of our hard-earned wages and some jewellery before fleing.
Thank God, they spared our teenage daughters.
Perhaps our material loss is insignificant in comparison to the injuries caused or lives lost owing to robberies.
The government owes the citizens an obligation. Ensuring safety and security to citizens is a right cannot be denied, dismissed or, worse, left back in the yards of citizens.
Looking at the numerous reported cases these past years, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Malaysia is one of the few countries where citizens BARRICADE THEIR HOMES with METAL GRILLS, PADLOCKS, CHAINS and ALARMS. In some cases, CCTV is the in-thing.
The question is, why should we be doing so? Is it the duty of the authorities to crack down on criminals?
Telling the public to be EXTRA CAREFUL and to INVEST in all kinds of security measures is just absurd. It is tantamount to telling us that nothing can be done TO WEED OUT ROBBERS FROM OUR OWN YARDS."
J.D. LOVRENCIEAR
Semenyih, Selangor
(The Star, 05.04.2006, page N42)
Another letter of opinion sent by anti-immigrant on daily newspaper. As if all robberies are done by FOREIGNERS.