Rukun Tetangga is gaining national attention again following the Prime Minister's recent announcement that it is making a comeback. StarMetro looks at the present and the past and talked to the National Unity and Integration Department on the future of Rukun Tetangga. YIP YOKE TENG and JADE CHAN report.
THREE years ago, a violent snatch theft that happened to kindergarten principal Evelyn Low sent shockwaves through her neighbourhood, Taman Mutiara, Cheras. The parang-wielding assailants pushed her into a three-meter-deep monsoon drain even after she had surrendered her handbag.