I WAS aghast to read that Perlis Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim wants to employ “former gangsters” and “village bullies” as law enforcement officers, “Ex-gangsters to enforce laws”, (The Star, Nov 5).
His argument does not hold up at all. If the present enforcement officers are losing the respect of the people there must be something wrong in the way they execute their duties.
Shouldn’t the Mentri Besar be thinking of re-training or engaging a relationship specialist to reform the enforcement unit?
Shouldn’t he conduct a study to find out why his enforcement officers are losing public respect?
Also, the dictionary definition of “gangster” is “someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime”. So what did he mean when he said he wanted gangsters who have no criminal record?
And what makes him think that the public will accord more respect to ex-gangsters or village bullies.
Posted in The Star Paper Opinin Page Nov 8, 2004
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