The Reason why Malaysians are unsafe

One simple reason, the Inspector General of Police or IGP.

His name is Tan Sri Musa Hassan and he believes ( or he wants everyone else to believe) that the crime rate in Malaysia is very much under control and that it is only the "public's mispeception" that it is unsafe in Malaysia.

Does he have any proof to back that claim up? Of course! His stats say that there are 772 crimes for every 100,000 residents and that this ratio compared favourably with Hong Kong where there were 1,166 cases for every 100,000 residents, Japan 1,569 cases and Australia 4,470 cases.

He goes on to point out then, that Malaysia is SAFER than Hong Kong, Japan and Australia!
Of course the Opposition has called the crime index a lie and claimed that in actual fact...

Homicide(per 100,000): Japan - 1.09, Hong Kong - 0.26, Malaysia - 2.12
Rape(per 100,00): Japan - 1.62, Hong Kong -1.54, Malaysia - 11.47
Robbery(per 100,00) : Japan - 4.78, Hong Kong - 17.56, Malaysia - 90.49

Again who does he think he is fooling? We don't even need statistics to know that Malaysia is way worse than any of those countries. But it seems like the Cabinet Ministers and National Economic Council believed him. What then does that say about them?

Since Musa is so fond of vague statistics, I have one for him. On the date I wrote this article 4th December 2008, I visited three sites. They were the major online newspaper for Malaysia, Japan and Hong Kong. I took the top stories for the day and highlighted the ones which are about crime and criminal activities.

As you can see, out of 24 top stories in Malaysia, 9 of them are about crime as compared to only 3 both in Japan and Hong Kong. Thats 300% more crime in Malaysia! I know this is a silly way to compare crime rate but I still think it is more reliable than Musa's pulled-out-of-the-arse crime index.