Kuala Lumpur, June 25 – Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan expressed his disappointment that illegal motor-cycling youths also known as Mat Rempits are not interested in being policemen in the Royal Malaysian Police. “Although our police force is open to all Malaysians of all parts of society, a recent survey of current police officers revealed that only 3.5% are Mat Rempits. In fact, this figure is only slightly higher than the percentage of Indians which currently stand at 3.3%.”
- Police spokesman demonstrating some of the skills that traffic police will be showing off to Mat Rempits
This startling fact only highlights the possibility of discrimination within the police force which denies a group within Malaysian society which is marked with high unemployment where members have to escape into a life of illegal activities such as road races and drug taking.
A police spokeman was quoted as saying that an outreach campaign will be launched next month where sections of the N-E highway will be closed for racing between Mat Rempits and traffic police in their new Mitsubishi Evo patrol cars. “We have noticed that many of the Mat Rempits like to race quickly on roads and we are going to show them that you can do the same with our new vehicles – only this time legally!”
- Mat Rempits excited over the possibility of joining the RMP
Certain quarters of Malaysians have been skeptical at the attempts by RMP to recruit more Mat Rempits but have cited that they will prefer to quietly hand over cash folded with the driving license to the Mat Rempits rather than have it grabbed from their handbags while they are walking.
Aziz, a 31 year old self-proclaimed Mat Rempit expressed interest by this call by the IGP by explaining that he was looking forward to more stable and rewarding career in the RMP with exciting opportunities such as “blowing people up with C4 explosives”.
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