Khairy Jamaluddin Falls Prey to Crime

On Saturday, in broad daylight, burglars ransacked the bungalow of Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin (left) in Bukit Damansara and escaped with valuables worth RM24,000. Khairy is among prominent Malaysians whose abodes were raided in the past two months.

This is not an isolated case, even for the VIPs. In May, the house of Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s sister in Petaling Jaya was broken into. Losses were estimated at RM300,000. Days later, a younger sister of the Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar and her family were robbed at their home in Mantin, Negeri Sembilan. The brigands escaped with RM5,000 in cash and valuables.

Of course these incidents come as no surprise to the public because crime is already a daily affair.

But because a minister’s family residence had been burglarized, this person, i.e. Khairy had to finally admit that crime is no longer a question of perception. After all, crime does not discriminate between the ordinary folks living in nondescript neighborhoods and the elites who ensconced themselves in exclusive precincts.

As crime surges unabated, one thing is obvious – the police are powerless!

This afternoon I was at Platinum Sentral (in the KL Sentral neighborhood) and together with other Toastmasters, we were there to lend a much-needed helping hand to breathe new life into the SPAD Toastmasters Club. It is to Tan Saw Bee’s credit that she refused to give up on this club and so today, with her timely intervention, it has finally awakened from a Rip van Winkle-type slumber. I was there as an Evaluator and it felt good to be part of this club's ‘revival’.