Things do get worrisome

As an ordinary citizen reading stories about our government agencies and their antics do get me worried at times.

First the big shot in the Immigration Department who allegedly has been selling bits of the country to foreigners for a few dollars more. What can I say? Angry, letdown, embarrassed, disappointed and everything else under the sun.

Then what about the missing drugs kept in the Johore state police headquarters, the thieves were believed to be police personnel who had used acid to melt padlock to storage room where the drugs were kept. Some arrests have been made with one policeman believed to be related to the case found dead with a bullet  in his head. And, he was a Sabahan!

It's obvious discipline has broken down somewhere along the line where self interests have taken precedence over the call of duty to the country. 

Where have all the good values  of the country gone to? 

Doesn't it frighten you that justice in this country can be bought and sold like a commodity? You get justice if you are the highest bidder?

Gone were the days when the very sight of policemen doing their beat frightened the hell out of you, as they meant business. Now, you read about Mat Rempits attacking police personnel for daring enough to arrest their unruly, lawless mates.

We have brilliant laws in this country, but the enforcement is selective as a result members of the public  and foreigners feel they can negotiate their way out of trouble.

Imagine if the enforcement is done across the board without fear and favour, whatever social or security problems we have in this country will simply disappear or at least kept to a bearable level.

If you double park  somewhere downtown even for two minutes, and our enforcement agency is very  efficient in coming out with a ticket there and then, see if our  traffic congestions can't be solved soon enough. Once the ticket is issued, there shouldn't be any further discussion, pay up or get punished. The law is the law.

Why can't we do this? 

The standard answer has been very predictable, in order to do this  the enforcement agency concerned needs more personnel. The question from the public is why don't you get them? As far as they are concerned,  they want solutions and not excuses. What happens to the suggestion of employing civilians to do desk job?

There must be a real desire to see the country move to the next level on the part of those who are being paid from public funds to do their job.

If we don't want to do it for ourselves, just do it for our children.

And, it's never too late to draw the line between police and thieves in this country. 

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