Polisi Malaysia menanggulang demonstrasi massa di jalan

Upaya Malaysia memerangi tindak kejahatan di jalan terhambat setelah puluhan calon relawan ternyata kegemukan. Kurang dari sepertiga orang yang ingin memperkuat kepolisian diterima.

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Malaysia's Prime Minister, Najib Razak, announced ambitious targets last week to tackle street crime. He wants a 20% fall by this time next year. Retired policemen are being brought back and members of Malaysia's people's volunteer corps are being enlisted to fight on the frontline. They'll join police on street patrols.

The problem is though, most of the first batch were not considered up to it. Of 500 volunteers who were sent for assessment, just 142 were fit enough. The rest were too fat, unfit or had what the head of the corps told an English language newspaper was 'poor overall presentation and grooming'. Corps members wear military uniforms but most of them are unpaid volunteers with limited powers.

Street crime, particularly mugging, is seen as a serious problem in Malaysia's major cities. The opposition has called for the country's top policeman to be replaced because of the failure to tackle the issue.

Robin Brant, BBC News, Kuala Lumpur

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ambitious targets
tujuan ambisius, tujuan atau cita-cita yang memerlukan banyak usaha untuk bisa dicapai atau berhasil

to tackle
menangani, menanggulangi

by this time next year
setahun dari sekarang

corps
satuan militer yang dilatih untuk melaksanakan tugas tertentu

enlisted
mendaftar untuk berdinas di angkatan bersenjata

batch
kelompok orang

considered up to it
dianggap sanggup berpatroli di jalan

volunteers
relawan, orang yang melakukan sesuatu secara sukareka atau atas kehendak sendiri, tanpa dipaksa atau dibayar

overall presentation and grooming
keseluruhan pengalaman dibesarkan, dididik dan dilatih yang membentuk perilaku dan penampilan dan sering menentukan pandangan orang terhadap seseorang

mugging
menyerang dan merampok orang di tempat umum