Compassionate Police Force 2

See, like I mentioned in an earlier entry, our Royal Malaysian Police Force is a very compassionate police force. I doubt that you will be able to find another police force like ours in this world. According to this article in TheStar today, a 19 year old involved in a car-chase, tried to run down a policeman, got shot at by the police, got caught with drugs, is under investigation for attempted murder and was still released on bail to allow him to sit for his STPM examinations.

Read that statement carefully again. This is a 19 year old, who is probably a druggie as he was found with a small quantity of drugs in his possession. He was involved in a car chase with the police. He will probably be charged with attempted murder for trying to run down a policeman (it is unlikely that he will be able to evade the charges as he is no longer a minor and potentially a druggie). Now let us see what his potential charges are:

1. He is charged with attempted murder for trying to run down a policeman with his car.
2. He is charged with reckless driving as he was driving without a license and got involved in a police car chase.
3. He is charged with drug possession of various illicit drugs.
4. He is charged with a combination of the above.

After all this, the police were still compassionate enough to let him out on bail in order for him to sit for his STPM examinations, so as not to ruin his future. If he passes his STPM, he may even get a place to study for a degree in a local or foreign university. However, his future is quite likely ruined in any case. The police will probably file charges after his examinations.

Personally, I think that his only defense is to claim to have acted under stress. Everyone knows that STPM is a grueling examination. So, he can claim that he is not a druggie, but he had to resort to drugs to help out with his stress. He got afraid when caught by the police and ran. He didn’t mean to run down the policeman but was only trying to get away.

Can you imagine this happening in any other country other than Malaysia?