When the going gets tough


The writer Dr Cheah (in baju kurung, middle row, centre) and her platoon mates posing with assistant trainers Sjn Md Radwan Shafie (back row, fifth from right) and Kpl Wan Mustafa Adnan (back row, fourth from right) on graduation day.

As the government embarks on a campaign to encourage more non-bumiputras to join the Royal Malaysian Police force, Asst Prof Dr Cheah Phaik Kin decided to sign up as a Police Volunteer Reserve. The Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Science at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman survived the first session of her training to share her experience.

They reminded us from time to time, that if we had any regrets, we had better leave. They told us that by joining the Police Volunteer Reserve (PVR), we had just set one foot in jail and the door was open if we could not take the heat.

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