KUALA LUMPUR, 6 Nov: The number of members in the Special Branch (SB) of the Police is more in Najib's time compared to the Emergency in the 1950s, said Member of Parliament for Bukit Mertajam, Steven Sim.
Steven revealed that in 1954, when a state of emergency was declared, there were only 459 members of the SB, about two percent from the entire police force.
"But in 2012, under the administration of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, there are 8,200 SB members compared to only 5,000 members in 2005 under Tun Abdullah Badawi.
"Does this mean that Malaysia, under Najib, is worse than the era of emergency?" asked Steven during the House of Representative's session when debating on the Budget 2014.
Steven said that last year, SB completed 380,000 intelligence reports, equivalent to 1,000 reports per day, while the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) only successfully completed 60,000 cases in the same year.
"The number of cases solved by the CID was only 15 percent of the crimes reported.
"Wouldn't it be better if the SB's excellence in intelligence, including political intelligence, is used to fight crime," said Steven.
