KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 — Putrajaya must be transparent about crime statistics and real changes in policing in order to improve public perception and confidence in security and safety, the DAP’s Tony Pua said today.
The DAP national publicity chief said the Home Ministry had yet to divulge detailed statistics on crime, broken down by types according to various districts across the country, despite repeated requests in and out of Parliament.
“One of the biggest problems is that the police are concealing real statistics and releasing only feel-good information, then nobody is going to trust selective statistics given by police, PEMANDU and the Home Ministry,” Pua(picture) told a press conference here.
“Don’t give feel-good factor statistics, and refuse to give us detailed crime statistics,” he said.
The Petaling Jaya Utara MP also disagreed with Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein’s statement yesterday that the public’s “perception” of security was more important than the actual crime rate.
“Any change in perception will not come from ‘feel-good statistics’ but from being entirely transparent with crime statistics and ensuring real changes on the ground,” Pua said.
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