KUALA LUMPUR: Police will soon station two personnel at every People’s Housing Project with high crime indexes in the city to curb crime at these hotspots.
Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Seri Mazlan Lazim said the effort will involve 38 PPRs around the federal capital and it will be done with the help of the Kuala Lumpur City Hall.
He said the move was to reduce crime at hotspot areas and to facilitate and expedite police work as part of efforts to prevent crime.
The collaboration with city hall will also lead to the police renting units at the chosen PPRs in this initiative.
“Among the locations identified are PPR Seri Selangor PPR, Seri Alam PPR, Seri Sabah PPR, Bukit Jalil PPR, Desa Tun Razak PPR, Seri Pantai PPR , Pantai Ria PPR, Gombak Setia PPR , Seri Semarak PPR , Desa Rejang PPR , PPR Air Panas PPR, Wahyu PPR, Beringin PPR , Intan Baiduri PPR and Kampung Batu Muda PPR.
"The amount of rent for the house units (for the police) has been set. The first phase of this initiative will involve 27 PPRs,” he told reporters after the ‘Program Inisiatif Wilayah Peduli’ at the Desa Rejang PPR here today.
Also present were Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad, National Anti Drug Agency director-general Datuk Seri Zulkifli Abdullah, deputy Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Roslan Bek Ahmad and Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Nor Hisham A. Dahlan.
Elaborating on the initiative, Mazlan said cases such as theft, drug addiction and other serious crimes were common in public housing areas.
“A total of 492 criminal cases were recorded in PPRs in Kuala Lumpur between Jan 1 and Sept 26 this year. We hope that with the presence of police at the housing areas, it would reduce such cases,” he said.
