Indiscriminate crime

Saturday January 1, 2011
TheStar

I REFER to Gursharan Singh’s letter in StarMetro on Dec 20 highlighting the rising cost of security in housing estates.

I do not agree that only 30% of residents in high-income group (as computed by him) needed security services.

I believe that every resident, no matter rich or poor, needs protection.

In the area where I live in Cheras, there are cases of robbery every week both at night and in the day. The robbers do not discriminate between the rich and poor.

We even had four cases in one night too. All these crimes only stopped after our residents’ association hired security guards three months ago.

We have over 70% participation from residents contributing to the monthly security fees. While most of us are not rich, we pay the fee not just for protecting of our properties but more out of concern for our safety. The fee is RM70 but many of us can only afford to pay between RM30 and RM50, so our RA allows those of us who are poorer to pay less.

I urge all residents who are lucky enough to have a RA working hard on this to play your part by participating in the programme for the safety of everybody.

We do not have the luxury anymore to just rely on the police or the neighbourhood watch. Don’t sacrifice safety for small conveniences.

David Chong
Kuala Lumpur

http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2011/1/1/central/7677687&sec=central

Note: We believe David Chong is our Taman Desa Aman resident from the words he said. A big thank you for your letter to The Star that indirectly giving us encouragement for doing better!