Who protects the public?

Dear Dato' CPO

Reference is made to my telephone call to your office yesterday (26th May @ 9.30am) where I spoke to your secretary who has confirmed receipt of our two e-mails below (dated 20th & 21st May 2010). Sadly I would like to state the following in this follow up mail

A. Your Departments Actions have been Slow to investigate into this matter
i. Residents have made police reports on 19th & 20th May relating to the Flying Rock Incident.
ii. We from TBRA have written to you since 20th May 2010 relating to the same

* Your police have only on the 25th gone over to interview the home owner. Of which the repairs have already been undertaken (on the 21st by the Developer - telling the owner - "don't worry Auntie - we can settle this - pls do not make a Police Report"
* Your Police have not as yet called or to speak to the complainant of Police report Tg. Tokong/001266/10 who videod the event of the blasting of 19th May with the rock hitting the roof of house no. 172.


B. INEFFECTIVE OCS in the Tg. Tokong Police Station or Perhapd in the Entire State
i. Residents, have since November 2008 have made numerous Police Reports of Flying Rocks.
ii. Just in year 2010 - we have made Police Reports (with accompanying CD) since Feb 2010 showing flying rocks to you and to your Police Dept in
Tg. Tokong
iii. Latest Police Report given on 19th May with more CDs of video of flying rocks - and yesterday (26th May 2010) your Tg. Tokong Dept. calls us
up to ask for the Video CDs again.
iv. Totally ineffective or NO monitoring of the daily blastings (leading up to the 19th May incident) where
a. Busses, bikes and cars are seen passing the blast site even when the siren is sounding AND when the blast is set off (videos available)
b. Flying Rocks continue to land on homes (videos clips dated 12th, 17th & 19th May 2010 sent via CD vide Tg. Tokong Report No. 001266/10
clearly indicate as such)

Yet what we have is continuing Blasting resulting in Flying Rocks for nearly 2 years, thus showing that Blasting Guidelines are not being followed.

End Result - No Effective Action Perceived to have been taken by Our Police Department to monitor, CONTROL and guide the actions of the Blasting Contractor Vide the Blasting Permit as issued by the Police Department. The reasons are all up to conjecture why no such action has been taken against the errant blasting contractor of BOLTON Surin for all this time.

As such TBRA calls upon our Police Department through our CPO to: -
a. Withdraw the Blasting Permit issued to the Developer & Contractor of the BOLTON Surin Project UNTIL all matters pertaining to compliance to
blasting guideline and the EFFECTIVE monitoring & CONTROL of the irresponsible Developer is resolved. Failing which to NOT allow any further
Blasting permits to be issued at all.
b. To take Disciplinary Action against the Ineffective &/or Negligent OCS in the Tg. Tokong Police Station that has failed in his duties to provide a
duty of care to residents to ensure all Blastings by the Developers Contractor are carried out according to guideline as stated in the Blasting
Permit.
c. To arrest the persons responsible (of the Contractors engaged by BOLTON Surin's Developer) for Criminal Negligence for not comply with all
Blasting Guidelines which resulted in the Rock Blasting that occured on 19th May 2010 at @ 4.20pm causing a rock flying @ 500 feet to hit and
damage house along Jalan Chan Siew Teong
d. To take immediate action ensuring that the Police Department will be more effective in relation to serving the public which we believe is its
paramount reason for its existance. IN SHORT - START SERVING US, THE PUBLIC, BY JUST ENSURING OUR SAFETY. We believe that is
NOT too much to ask of our Police

Dato CPO - we do not need you to come into Chee Seng Gardens in a convoy of Cars & 4 Wheel Drives to dramatise to us residents that some sort of action (as done in Feb 2010 by yourself) is being done by you & your department, as clearly nothing came out of it Dato from that action you did in February 2010. Elementary, my Dear Dato' as the rocks kept flying and the incident of 19th May is stark evidence of it.

What we appeal to you is IMMEDIATE & EFFECTIVE action as mentioned above and a response to the affected residents (be it to us in TBRA or the complainants of the two Police Reports vide Tg. Tokong 001266/10 and 001268/10).

Should we not hear from you in the next few days &/or we do not see any action on the part of our Police Department to arrest the wayward & irresponsible actions of the Blasting Contractor and your ineffective OCS in Tg. Tokong, we will take it that you are not in a position to assist or perhaps you require assistance from your superiors in KL, and we will thus refer the entire matter to your superiors in Bukit Aman. We will also do & take whatever other actions that we deem fit & necessary to bring the sense of safety back to the residents in Chee Seng (in Particular) and Tg. Bunga (in general).

Thank you

George Aeria
Chairman
Tanjong Bunga Residents Association.