Safety starts with the people, not just the police


IT seems rather ironic that the house of a minister was broken into the day before the official launch of the newly set-up Crime Prevention Department.

In a strange way, the incident at the home of Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has given fresh impetus to the war against crime, especially the everyday crimes that affect the ordinary people.

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