Penang police chief Ayub Yaakob has urged politicians to stop dividing the people in delivery of community policing services, saying these should be open to all regardless of political affiliation.
He noted that certain quarters are trying to undermine the service by preventing members of political parties other than their own to join the teams and told Malaysiakini, "Everyone should be treated equally. In a residential area, there are all kinds of people, some from Umno and others from DAP."
Several community policing teams have been set up, for example, in Bayan Baru and Paya Terubongg where such initiatives are usually spearheaded by the state assembly representative.
Ayub himself has welcomed public support and participation in the move and has attributed the drop in the state's crime index rate by 27.1 percent last year to these efforts but he has advised politicians, as elected representatives, to treat all constituents equally, saying, ... They stand or contest under their political banner during elections. (When) they win, they have to serve everyone equally in their constituency, not just members of their political parties...They have to be a YB for all and not merely act for their own voters."
This guy sounds so unbelievably genuine! ;)
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