Why can't we be free from corruption in high places? Why can't we have a better police force and less crime?

The answers are quite interesting after I have done a survey of 10 people at my workplace.
1) We cannot solve everything because we have limited resources – so no money, no talk, no action. Question: Where have all the money gone? Well, the people thought the money went to expensive & expansive projects like Angkasawan, buying overpriced utensils & equipment at govt depts & agencies, Sports facility in London, trips of makan angin sambil belajar by bureaucrats, spouses and cronies subsidised by taxpayers
2) We have short memory so no one wants to deal with the history. Unsolved crimes like Altantunya is best buried and forgotten because they were some colourful, less savoury and infamous characters involved. So we buried our heads in the sand and talk about other stuff happening elsewhere – like England League Football, F1 Grand Prix, Stylo Fashion – just as a cover up for our inability of dealing with unpleasantness. Instead we hang onto these mottos “don’t rock the boat, nanti semua tenggelam” atau jangan cakap nanti kena saman pasal slander.
3) We are selfish in our outlook – only thinking for ourselves. It is all about me:
a. Hmm, what is in it for me?
b. Why should I be nice to you? What do I get in return?
c. What can I do – I do not have time nor resources to handle these issues.
d. I am in hurry, please get out of the way.
e. Haven’t I done enough already with my income tax contributions? The government should take care of these, why ask me?
f. These things like the poor people are always with us since Merdeka, so we cannot get rid of them wah. So many have tried but not successful.
g. We have been living like these for decades, so I do not think we can tackle crime effectively like some country down south (Singapore). Even Singaporeans cannot find their Mas Selamat, so what gives?
h. We cannot carry fire arms to protect ourselves. In United States, citizens can arm themselves to their teeth and shoot anyone who invade their privacy or step into their house. Yeah, everyone wants a pistol or shotgun, by then.
4) A case of lethargic because as leaders come and leaders go, the problem remains the same – high and unsolved crimes hanging around us like bad smell. Better to publish sobbing stories about crooks that got away than waste my time thinking of how the authorities are supposed to do their job of making our country safer.
5) A better pay and retention program for the police and security forces in our county may stem off the heat for awhile. However with the cost of living on the increase, I am not sure if we pay our police enough and care for their families when something happened. How much do we treasure lives in Malaysia? Only when a cop dies then we nangis and say nice things about our fallen heroes. Do we have a program to take care of the dead cop’s family and children needs? Only a lump sum of money was paid and that was supposed to last them another 10 or 15 years? Wake up everyone, we do not know how to take care of our law enforcers and people who put their lives on the line to protect us. So how do we impress on these people to take care of our security and protect us while we sleep and go about our daily lives? Who will take up policing as a career? My mother said “Choi, you wanna die young ar?” when I suggested I want to take a trial programme at the nearby police training workshop. Our mentality has to change, we need to remunerate and take care of our law enforcement officers for life because they dedicated their lives for us. Life is precious, no matter who you are.
6) We shift the responsibility to others – like polis, rukun tetangga, council, jabatan and kementerian. Why don’t we meet as concerned parents, neighbours, tenants, colleagues, customers, etc and unite our energy to find ways to make our lives safer and alert others to trouble spots? Why harp on these issues in a blog but do nothing at the grass root? I have raised this issue with an opposition MP who won at a recent 2008 election. He was too busy attending to his new duties to make time to response to me. So back to the drawing board. I think we masing-masing have to take up the initiative to protect ourselves and take time to investigate ways to improve our security. We must gather as a group to make things happen. Depending on the local police will not work because these police officers are under resourced, over work, underpaid and as long as no one dies, they will not respond quickly to you. So baik kita berdikari dan bertanggungjawab.