The Kuala Lumpur Traveler

Royal Malaysian Police Force (PDRM) celebrated its 200 years of service with a big parade held in the heart of Kuala Lumpur this morning. The celebration was attended by many high ranking officials in the police force, the Prime Minister and the Yang Di Pertuan Agong. Interestingly, the bicentennial celebration started last night in Penang where the history of the then Malayan police force started way back in 1807. Since then, Malaysian police had gone through many transformations, went through ups and downs and faced lots of challenges to be where they are today.

Ironically, while the entire force are celebrating their 200 years of service, there was an interesting report in the Star Oline today which I would like to quote below:

Prince probed for assaulting woman friend

KUALA LUmpUR: A member of a royal family is being investigated for allegedly assaulting a woman recently.

Initial investigations showed that the woman, in her 20s, was beaten up after she supposedly two-timed the prince.

The woman, who claimed that she had earlier tried to lodge a police report in the state, was forced to report the matter to the Federal police headquarters in Bukit Aman as no one in the state wanted to accept her report.

It has also been learnt that a married narcotics police officer, supposedly involved with the woman, was transferred within 24 hours to Sarawak to carry out desk duties.

The prince has also lodged a police report.

Police have begun investigations into the case and are said to be in the process of recording statements from witnesses.

While the case being reported is interesting in itself, there is another aspect that should be looked into by the top officials at the PDRM with regards to this fact reported by the Star Online:

The woman, who claimed that she had earlier tried to lodge a police report in the state, was forced to report the matter to the Federal police headquarters in Bukit Aman as no one in the state wanted to accept her report.

Is it ethically right for police officers to refuse a police report by a citizen? Who from the PDRM can explain this?

Read The prince, the lady and the policeman by Susan Loone

[tags]PDRM, prince, royal family[/tags]

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