"Prevent Crime, Get Involved, We Can Do It Together"
to as may fellow Malaysians as possible as crime prevention is a collective responsibility.
Crime and Criminal activities have been a matter of grave concern to all Malaysians. There have been strong public comments that we have not done enough to fight crime. As the largest NGO involved in crime prevention, the MCPF shares the sentiments that have been expressed by several quarters.
Over the years, we have organised various crime prevention campaigns. Beginning from this year, we decided to organise a month-long nationwide crime prevention drive involving our branches in various states to reinforce public awareness on the need to act together to fight crime.
What is significant about this effort is that besides organising and implementing crime prevention awareness activities on a month-long basis, we have sought partnership with the relevant ministries, government departments and agencies, local authorities, private sector as well as various NGOs committed towards crime prevention.
More than million pamphlets in four languages on ways to prevent various types of crimes focusing on personal safety, home and office security, crime prevention for women, teens and schoolchildren as well as the disabled, including safety advice, are being made available throughout the campaign period.
This year's campaign is held in conjunction with the Merdeka month celebration. Malaysians achieved "Merdeka" and became free from colonisation. However, we are still not free from crime and the fear of crime.
The objective of our compaign is to free Malaysians from crime and criminal activities which is by no means an easy task.
What MCPF hopes to see is for all Malaysians to adopt zero tolerance towards crime, to develop an anti-crime culture and make crime prevention a way of life.
The best crime-prevention strategy and programme will not succeed if the public do not remain vigilant. We must help fight crime and by taking the following simple steps we can help make a difference.
Among the measures for implementation are:
- Be aware that crime prevention is everybody's business
- Alert the police immediately upon discovering a crime
- Do respond to a crime victim's call for help. Who knows you may in turn need somebody's assistance one day when you are a victim of crime
However, one must constantly be on the alert so that we do not be easy targets for criminals. We do not provide opportunities for crime to happen.
It is important that one must also form a smart partnership with your local police station, NGOs and your neighbours to promote crime prevention and help eradicate crime.
Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye, vice-chairman, MCPF
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from The Star, 29 August 2008
