Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein's assertion that the crime index is ‘not important’ has rendered questionable the government’s supposed success in reducing crime, Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua said today.
Pua said the minister was effectively saying that the Government Transformation Programme report on the National Key Results Area of crime fighting comprises fraudulent data.
"(This also) proves that the minister is a fraud himself, by making use of crime statistics that are 'not important' and worse, manipulated to bluff Malaysians that the crime situation has improved tremendously under the 'transformation' leadership of (premier) Najib Abdul Razak," he added.
Pua was referring to comments by Hishammuddin (above) last Sunday in brushing off a claim by crime watchdog MyWatch that crime statistics are being massaged to show an improved situation.
"On the one hand, the entire BN government has based its entire achievement and 'success' in fighting crime on the statistics,” Pua noted in a statement today.
"On the other hand, when statistics manipulation was discovered, the home minister is saying that these very same figures are not important.”
Pua said the minister was effectively saying that the Government Transformation Programme report on the National Key Results Area of crime fighting comprises fraudulent data.
"(This also) proves that the minister is a fraud himself, by making use of crime statistics that are 'not important' and worse, manipulated to bluff Malaysians that the crime situation has improved tremendously under the 'transformation' leadership of (premier) Najib Abdul Razak," he added.Pua was referring to comments by Hishammuddin (above) last Sunday in brushing off a claim by crime watchdog MyWatch that crime statistics are being massaged to show an improved situation.
"On the one hand, the entire BN government has based its entire achievement and 'success' in fighting crime on the statistics,” Pua noted in a statement today.
"On the other hand, when statistics manipulation was discovered, the home minister is saying that these very same figures are not important.”
Pua was referring to Hishammuddin's deflection when he was asked to respond to NGO Malaysian Crime Watch Taskforce's (MyWatch) allegations that crime statistics in the country were being massaged to show an improved situation.
'Index shifted to non-index crime'
According to the 2011 GTP Annual Report, street crimes had been reduced by 39.7 percent while overall crime had been reduced by 11.1 percent.
MyWatch had alleged that serious crimes, such as kidnapping, extortion and causing grievous injury, were classified as non-index crime in an effort to lower the overall crime index.
Among the allegations is that overall vehicle thefts from July to September 2012 had risen by 3.5 percent compared with the same period in 2011, but had gone unnoticed due to its classification as non-index crime.
'The government, as at this point of time, only publishes high-level 'index crime' statistics while refusing steadfastly to provide “non-index crime” breakdown data," Pua said.
He pointed out that from 2007 to 2011, index crime had indeed fallen by 24.7 percent, from 209,572 cases to 157,891 cases.
"However, this was achieved at the expense of the unpublished non-index crime, which increased from 42,752 to 72,106 or a massive 68.7 percent over the same period," Pua added.
According to the 2011 GTP Annual Report, street crimes had been reduced by 39.7 percent while overall crime had been reduced by 11.1 percent.
MyWatch had alleged that serious crimes, such as kidnapping, extortion and causing grievous injury, were classified as non-index crime in an effort to lower the overall crime index.
Among the allegations is that overall vehicle thefts from July to September 2012 had risen by 3.5 percent compared with the same period in 2011, but had gone unnoticed due to its classification as non-index crime.'The government, as at this point of time, only publishes high-level 'index crime' statistics while refusing steadfastly to provide “non-index crime” breakdown data," Pua said.
He pointed out that from 2007 to 2011, index crime had indeed fallen by 24.7 percent, from 209,572 cases to 157,891 cases.
"However, this was achieved at the expense of the unpublished non-index crime, which increased from 42,752 to 72,106 or a massive 68.7 percent over the same period," Pua added.
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