In class we have decided to address police corruption in Malaysia as it is a large issue. Police corruption is defined as when the police as a whole unit are
dishonest or abuse their authority to their advantage, typically involving bribery. Our main topic was Human Rights but as it is a very wide spectrum we wanted to learn about issues close to home. We started of by learning about human trafficking, foreign works, education, and the right to essential needs like food, water and shelter. We learnt these things through stations that were set up. After we had a larger idea of our spectrum we decided on one issue as a class to study and my class chose police corruption. We picked police corruption because it affects our safety and well being as a country as it can make our streets unsafe if there are criminals wondering around as well as people can get hurt if they don't get the help they need from the police. The most shocking thing that I learnt was that the police unit is then most corrupt unit in Malaysia. Also police will interfere in investigations for large sums of money that can be up to about RM 10,000. I guess learning about this aggravates me, the police are meant to enforce the law not break it! I am not used to the way things run here as I lived in the UK before this and although the UK is not perfect it is evident that many places have better security/police forces than others. This should not be the case as we should all have the right to protection and a proper organized police force.
