Are these guards screened?
19/09/2006 The Star By CAR THEFT VICTIM, Muar.

IN HIS determined effort to fight crime, may I suggest to our new Inspector-General of Police to also look into the eligibility of security guards employed by condominiums, factories and housing estates.

Have they been screened by the police and given a security clearance certificate?

Do they have past criminal records? Are they physically able to confront criminals? Will they close one eye or both eyes when they see a crime being committed?

In my visits to several apartments and housing estates I have seen shabbily attired guards who look more like thugs than security personnel.

After having lost a car recently, I am more than convinced that some security guards may be working hand in hand with car thieves.

I was also told by a management employee that two cars parked within the gated premises had been stolen before.

A recent newspaper report said more than 5,000 cars had been stolen this year alone and I believe some of them have been stripped and sold in the many second-hand spare parts shops which are mushrooming in the country.

Some of these shops sell spare parts of relatively new models too!