Malaysia Bolih ? or was it Mana Bolih ?

Malaysians in general live in perpetual siege and psychological insecurity.

Just visit any residential area, it is not uncommon to be be greeted with houses equipped with Security Alarm, Barbed Glass or pointed arrows Perimeter fencing, Reinforced iron grills on all windows all doors,sophisticated padlocks, thick chains, etc. In certain instances, some house are also equipped with surveillance camera or CCTV.

Private security services are also being engage by the properties owners to patrol the neighbourhoods. And, recently, there are also calls by a number of politicians to implement Rukun Tertangga initiative in selected residential areas. Rukun Tertangga used to be a government initiative in the seventies where citizens form their own vigilante group to conduct patrolling the street at nights.

Despite all these high costs and unnecessary private measures being taken, we are still troubled and criminalized with the followings emotional and mental stress :

1. When we have to leave our house for long hours or days, we worried about our houses being broken in and ransacked.
2. When we are at home, we worry about forced entry and being robbed in the comforts of our own homes.
3. When we walk on the street, we have to be in constant alert for snatch thieves
4. We fear to walk alone in parks or quiet streets because there may be rapists, robbers, murderers, etc. lurking and preying on us
5. When operating our business, we are occasionally visited by gangsters for protection money claiming that the area we operate our business is under their protection.
6. Staying at home, we are occasionally visited by "Private Security Companies" soliciting for monthly subscription and claiming that they are appointed by local police station to offer security patrolling in your neighbourhoods.
7. When we stopped at the petrol station or stopping at the traffic lights junction, we have to ensure that all our car doors are locked due to fears that we may be robbed of our cars and contents.
8. Out of fear, we resorted to install our car with immobilizer, steering lock, clutch lock, etc to prevent our cars being stolen.
9. We fear to park our cars in parking complexes resulting in parking operators installing CCTV to alleviate the fears.

To add salts to the wounds, too frequently I see uniformed personnel, setting up road block at inappropriate hours, causing massive traffic jam, because they see it as a priority to check on expired road tax, driving licenses, etc. Was it CRIME PRVENTION ? your guess is as good as mine. But when come to provide security patrolling services, lack of manpowers are always the excuse.

With all these unnecessary mental stressors causing psychological discomforts, I am proud to declare that Malaysians, in general, are the most tolerance people in the World !!! Malaysia Bolih ! And, Submissive Malaysians Pun Bolih !!

"Masyarakat Penyayang", "Caring Society", "Malaysia Bolih", "work With Me, Not for Me", "Wawasan 2020", "Gemilang, Cermerlang, Terbilang", etc.. Years in and Years out, we are bombarded with government sponsored slogans. Feel Good ? Yes, But does it improve the living conditions for Malaysians ? You be your own judge.

Whose responsibility is it anyway to provide security to the people. I really don't know whether Malaysians are pathetic or the Government is Pathetic.