Parents must be responsible for their kids’ misdeeds


IN April 2009, Tan Sri Musa Hassan, then the Inspector-General of Police, described the mat rempit as a group of youngsters who, besides being a public nuisance, were also violent and brazen.

More than a decade later, mat rempit groups are still instilling fear among other road users with their crazy stunts and thuggish behaviour.

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