Police have detected 67 violent crime cases committed by former detainees under the Emergency Ordinance (EO) 1969 over the first six months this year.
Bukit Aman Anti-Vice, Gambling and Secret Societies Division (D7) principal assistant director Datuk Abdul Jalil Hassan said the number was a 100 per cent increase from the 33 cases detected in the corresponding period last year.
"The number of violent crime cases committed by former EO detainees has increased after 2,473 of them were released in July last year following the abolition of the EO in 2011.
"Among the violent crime committed by the former EO detainees are murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, criminal intimidation and rioting," he told Bernama here Tuesday.
He said although the police were aware of the former detainees' latest addresses, the police had no power to order or ensure that they would stay at the given addresses.
"Following release, some of them have to work and this forced them to move to other places. When opportunity exists like this, some of them may have returned to crime," he said.
Abdul Jalil said police could only monitor them in terms of job movements, besides asking their families to inform the police of their whereabouts.
He also called on the public to be the police's eyes and ears in channeling information about suspicious activities mounted by a group with tendency of creating chaos.
"This is to combat and prevent organised crime from being rampant," he said.
Recently, Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was reported as saying that 90 per cent of serious crime were committed by former EO detainees released from Simpang Renggam Detention Centre.
Meanwhile, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the police had given their input and suggestions to the ministry for the drafting of a new law to replace the EO.
Bukit Aman Anti-Vice, Gambling and Secret Societies Division (D7) principal assistant director Datuk Abdul Jalil Hassan said the number was a 100 per cent increase from the 33 cases detected in the corresponding period last year.
"The number of violent crime cases committed by former EO detainees has increased after 2,473 of them were released in July last year following the abolition of the EO in 2011.
"Among the violent crime committed by the former EO detainees are murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, criminal intimidation and rioting," he told Bernama here Tuesday.
He said although the police were aware of the former detainees' latest addresses, the police had no power to order or ensure that they would stay at the given addresses.
"Following release, some of them have to work and this forced them to move to other places. When opportunity exists like this, some of them may have returned to crime," he said.
Abdul Jalil said police could only monitor them in terms of job movements, besides asking their families to inform the police of their whereabouts.
He also called on the public to be the police's eyes and ears in channeling information about suspicious activities mounted by a group with tendency of creating chaos.
"This is to combat and prevent organised crime from being rampant," he said.
Recently, Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was reported as saying that 90 per cent of serious crime were committed by former EO detainees released from Simpang Renggam Detention Centre.
Meanwhile, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the police had given their input and suggestions to the ministry for the drafting of a new law to replace the EO.
