The police force has been urged to improve its intelligence network into illegal activities at the Bukit Bintang area.
Former Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Musa Hassan, said police should also identify the group involved in Thursday morning’s incident as soon as possible, and if they have done so, existing laws should be put in place.
“We have Ops Cantas, the brainchild of Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, to detain criminals and triad members.
“We hope this kind of operation can be continued in a bid to curb violent crimes such as murder and attempted murder with the use of firearms in the country,” he said when contacted by Astro AWANI here today.
In the incident early this morning, 13 people were injured after a bomb exploded at a building in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur.
One victim was critically injured and later succumbed to his wounds while being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL).
Four vehicles, in the vicinity at the time of the incident, a Toyota Alphard, Mazda, BMW and Toyota Camry were also damaged.
Musa said, incidents like this will continue to occur if there is lack of enforcement from the parties involved.
“This is a serious matter and the police have to look into it seriously, if not it will continue to happen.
“This is the act of an ‘underground’ group, police need to identify all the gangster groups and improve its intelligence network,” he said.
Ops Cantas was launched following repeal of the Internal Security Act (ISA) and Emergency Ordinance (OE) in 2012, which saw an increase in violent crimes involving firearms.
Astro Awani
Thu Oct 09 2014
MUSA: Police should improve its intelligence network.
Simbah cat merah, orang suruhan ah long didenda RM3,000
Seorang orang suruhan ah long mengaku bersalah atas pertuduhan menyimbah cat merah di rumah keluarga peminjam, Januari lalu.
Latihan berstruktur sektor ekonomi digital berjaya stabilkan pendapatan, perniagaan asnaf
Lebih daripada 30 asnaf bersama ahli keluarga mereka telah diraikan di Majlis Graduasi MyREF Hijrahpreneur Skills Program (MyREF HSP) di Auditorium High Impact Research, Universiti Malaya.
Polis sahkan pemain bola sepak bawa kerambit sebagai suspek kes baling bom petrol
Polis telah mengenal pasti seorang pemain bola sepak yang ditahan kerana membawa kerambit ke padang bola, sebagai suspek kes baling bom petrol di sebuah pusat hiburan di ibu negara.
Bernama, Perkeso meterai MoU, manfaat 493 pengamal media sambilan
Bernama dan Perkeso menandatangani MoU bagi memperluas perlindungan sosial kepada pengamal media sambilan (stringers) melalui Skim Keselamatan Sosial Pekerjaan Sendiri (SKSPS).
RADIO 360: Integrasi teknologi kumpul maklumat, data lebih komprehensif
RADIO 360 merentasi 11 stesen radio Astro yang boleh diakses di aplikasi SYOK termasuk Era, Sinar, Gegar, Hitz, Mix, My dan Raaga.
AWANI Ringkas: Pemain bola bawa kerambit juga suspek baling bom petrol
Ikuti rangkuman berita utama yang menjadi tumpuan sepanjang hari di Astro AWANI menerusi AWANI Ringkas.
Enam mengaku tidak bersalah culik warga China
Sepasang suami isteri dan empat individu didakwa menculik seorang lelaki warga China untuk mendapatkan wang tebusan berbentuk mata wang kripto.
Bursa gantung jualan singkat SP Setia
Bursa Malaysia menggantung jualan singkat SP Setia Bhd bagi baki tempoh hari ini selepas penyusutan harga yang ketara.
MITI mula siasat duti antilambakan import gulungan rata besi disadur timah
MITI menjelaskan tindakan itu diputuskan selepas menerima petisyen daripada pengeluar tempatan, Perusahaan Sadur Timah Malaysia (Perstima) Bhd.
'Nidza Afham pernah cakap mahu jadi terkenal, tapi bukan macam ini' - Kakak
Kakak kepada Allahyarham penyanyi Nidza Afham iaitu Irfahanie memaklumkan adiknya itu pernah berhasrat untuk menjadi penyanyi terkenal.