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Police should launch in-depth investigation into the cause of escape

Cheah Soon Hai urges severe action be taken on police officers for negligence

 
 

Press statement by

Gerakan Central Bureau on Environment, Safety and Quality of Life Chairman

Dr. Cheah Soon Hai

 
 

9 January 2013

Gerakan Central Bureau on Environment, Safety and Quality of Life Chairman Dr. Cheah Soon Hai was appalled over the incident where 7 criminals managed to escape from the police escort in Penang. He said that criminal escape has happened more than once, the police should launch an in-depth investigation to find out the cause of the incident and give an explanation to the public.

 
 

Cheah pointed out that the police should really take a lesson from this incident, instead of keep letting the criminal escape happens repeatedly, this is not only a waste of manpower and resources to hunt down the fugitives, but also the people's security is threatened. The police should take severe action to punish police officers who were convicted of dereliction of duty in order to serve as a warning to other police officers and stop the similar incident from reoccurring.

 
 

Cheah who is also ADUN for Derga in Kedah said: "besides, the police should never be a cause to the escape due to their own negligence and disallow the family members of the criminals from sending them daily necessities in the future; this is the practice of putting the cart before the horse. The police should really adhere to SOP and beef up the security while escorting the criminals in order to prevent the criminals from escaping."

 
 

Cheah said the police should actively review and improve their work so that the people can be assured of a safe living environment.