18 shootings in 90 days and the govt says 'APA BOLEH BUAT': What to do, not our fault!

Are 18 shooting incidents that took away a life almost each time between a span of three months from late April 2013 to early August 2013 not serious enough for this country?

Or do we wait till hundreds more are gunned down before we say crime is at an all time serious point?

How come all the heads who are paid handsomely to be responsible for ensuring safety for its citizens are mum except for the same old assurances that “it is being looked into” or worse, “do not speculate as we are still investigating”?

Take responsibility, don't pass the buck

In any other caring and concerned nation, by now the people would have demanded the resignation of the leaders responsible for national and public safety if the leader/s have not voluntarily resigned out of a sheer sense of responsibility and failure to plug shooting incidents on a count of two to three fatal deaths.

But in Malaysia, people carry on with an air of “semua nya okay” or “apa bolih buat, dah mati”, while the leaders continue to peddle the same song after each shooting incident or dish the same reprimands at the few citizens who voice concerns.

Believe it or not, when a working class civil servant commits a mistake, he or she will be removed unceremoniously and instantly - even if there is a sincere apology. When an immature youth floats a bad-taste blitz on the internet, mercy is the last word dished out; when a posting on U-Tube is great political fodder the source is chastised with high drama.

But when it comes to the BN-government leaders they are always above any blame; always above any law. Even when there is a case in court they rebound with amazing protection and even celebration.

Agree or disagree?

The recent over a dozen fatal shootings is definitely not gangsters gunning each other down; the statistics shows that civil servants, ordinary citizens and even young children are falling victim to hired killers, gangsters and what have you.

And the only person held responsible is the gunman.

Eighteen shooting incidents in a span of ninety days indicate that there are some things that have gone very wrong in the country and yet no one wants to be held accountable except blame the gunmen.

Why are there so many guns in the hands of killers? How did these guns get into the country when illegal arms possession is banned? Did the guns drop from the sky in the steel of dead nights? Or are guns now been manufactured in some jungle or factory shed?

Do our police know how many more would be killers would be walking tall in the streets with a gun secretly tucked under their belts?

From VVIPs to ex-convicts to ordinary folk

VVIPs are not spared. Prominent public figures are not spared. Even ordinary businessmen and children are not spared by these ruthless killers who are not afraid to shoot at street junctions, into your own yard or even at public car parks in broad daylight.

Yet there is no reaction or remorse from those responsible for ensuring that this nation is free of the fear of a wild-wild-west, free for all gun-toting situations. But looking at fifteen shooting incidents within these past ninety days gives the impression that it is anyone’s guess how bad the illegal arms possession is in the country.

Or is it a crime against the government of the day to demand for accountability for the spate of shooting incidents?

What's happening

Something is very wrong. Citizens have to hold themselves responsible if they let non-accountability amongst leaders become a norm. Then we should not complain or moan about all the killings.

As the foreign news pick up all these killings, it will certainly affect the nation’s image. It will affect our economy as tourists get wind and form an adverse perception. It will definitely not be well received by the expatriate community.

Now, does the Home Minister – both the present and his predecessor, realize how much damage they have to account for? Does the captain of the police force accept the fact that as head of PDRM he too must bear the brunt of the situation and not go after the throat of concerned citizens?

We can approve spending billions to purchase state-of-art fighting machines plus cozy profits for the go-betweens, but we cannot fight gunmen who are roaming free and easily hired to do bold, daring and neat jobs in the open?

Or are we saying in our silence that it is okay to be gunned down by a pistol because we have even C4-ed foreigners before and life goes on as normal.

The point is we are at a serious crisis point in so far as the nature, frequency and targets of crime in Malaysia is concerned.

Malaysia Chronicle