Friday, January 23, 2009
Seorang Polis Traffik, Kawan Baiknya & Sehelai Surat Saman
Suatu Hari.......
Dari kejauhan, lampu lalulintas di satu persimpangan itu masih menyala
hijau. Harun segera menekan pedal minyak kenderaannya. Dia tak mau
terlambat. Apalagi ia tahu penempatan di situ cukup padat sehingga lampu
merah biasanya menyala cukup lama. Kebetulan jalan di depannya agak
lengang. Lampu berganti kuning. Hati Harun berdebar berharap semoga ia
boleh melepasi lampu hijau itu dengan segera.
Tiga meter sebelum garis jalan, lampu merah menyala. Harun bimbang,
haruskah ia berhenti atau terus saja.
"Ah, takkan nak brake mendadak," fikirnya sambil terus memandu laju.
Priiiiiiiiiiiiiiit! Di seberang jalan seorang pegawai polis melambaikan
tangan memintanya berhenti. Harun menepikan kenderaannya agak jauh
sambil mengumpat dalam hati. Dari cermin pandang sisi ia melihat pegawai
polis itu. Wajahnya tak terlalu asing baginya..
Jamal rupanya! Sahabat baiknya semasa di sekolah menengah dulu. Hati
Harun agak lega. Dia cepat cepat keluar sambil melambai mesra.
"Pekabo, Jamal! Lamanya tak jumpa...last jumpa masa aku kawen dulu"
"Aku baik je." Tanpa senyum.
"Alahai...aku ndak cepat nih. Bini aku dah lama menunggu di rumah."
"Oh ye ke?" Nampaknya Jamal ragu.
"Ye la Mal, hari ini bini aku punya birthday. Dia dan anak-anak sudah
menyiapkan semuanya. Tentu aku tidak boleh terlambat, kawan-kawannya pun
sedang menunggu "
"Aku paham. Tapi, sebenarnya aku dah lama peratikan kau...selalu sgt kau
langgar lampu merah di persimpangan ini."
Harun mesti ganti strategi.
"Jadi, kau nak menyaman aku ker? Tapi tadi aku tidak melanggar lampu
merah. Sewaktu aku jalan lampu kuning masih menyala." Berdusta sedikit
boleh melancarkan keadaan fikir Harun.
"Ok. Sebenarnya aku nampak jelas. Tolong keluarkan lesen dan kad
pengenalan."
Dengan kesal Harun menyerahkan lesen dan kad pengenalan lalu masuk ke dalam
kenderaan dan menutup kaca tingkapnya. Sementara itu Jamal menulis sesuatu
di buku catatannya. Beberapa saat kemudian Jamal mengetuk kaca tingkap
kereta harun. Harun memandang wajah Jamal dengan penuh kecewa.
Diturunkan tingkap sedikit saja.
"Ah, satu inci cukup untuk memasukkan surat saman." Fikir Harun.
Tanpa berkata-kata Jamal terus kembali ke tempat dia bertugas.
Harun mengambil surat saman yang diselitkan Jamal.
Tapi, hei apa ini. Ternyata lesen memandu dan ic dikembalikan bersama
sebuah nota. Kenapa ia tidak menyaman aku. Lalu nota ini apa? Semacam
gurauan atau apa?
Tergesa-gesa Harun membuka dan membaca nota yang berisi tulisan tangan
Jamal.
------------ --------- --------- -------- "Harun...
Kau tahu kan aku dulu ada seorang anak perempuan dan seorang isteri yang
cantik. Sayang, mereka sudah meninggal dunia.
Dilanggar pemandu yang tidak memperdulikan lampu merah di persimpangan
ini.
Pemandu itu dihukum penjara selama 3 bulan. Sekarang pemandu itu bebas
bertemu isteri dan memeluk ketiga2 anaknya lagi.
Sedangkan anak dan isteriku sudah tiada. Hari ini aku sendirian menyesali
peristiwa itu. Yang pergi tidak akan kembali lagi.
Beberapa kali aku cuba memaafkan pemandu itu tetapi sangat sukar.
Begitu juga kali ini bila sahabatku sendiri memandu seperti pemandu itu.
Aku kecewa teramat sgt.
Berhati-hatilah ketika memandu Run" - Jamal
------------ --------- --------- --------
Harun terkedu. Ia segera keluar dari kenderaan mencari Jamal. Namun, Jamal
sudah meninggalkan pos tempat ia bertugas.
Sepanjang jalan pulang ia memandu perlahan dengan hati tak tentu
sambil berharap kesalahannya dimaafkan.
Tak semestinya anggapan kita adalah sama dengan pengertian orang lain.
Boleh jadi suka kita adalah duka rakan kita.
Hidup ini sangat berharga, jalanilah dengan penuh hati-hati, mengerti
perasaan orang lain dan bertimbangrasa.
Dari kejauhan, lampu lalulintas di satu persimpangan itu masih menyala
hijau. Harun segera menekan pedal minyak kenderaannya. Dia tak mau
terlambat. Apalagi ia tahu penempatan di situ cukup padat sehingga lampu
merah biasanya menyala cukup lama. Kebetulan jalan di depannya agak
lengang. Lampu berganti kuning. Hati Harun berdebar berharap semoga ia
boleh melepasi lampu hijau itu dengan segera.
Tiga meter sebelum garis jalan, lampu merah menyala. Harun bimbang,
haruskah ia berhenti atau terus saja.
"Ah, takkan nak brake mendadak," fikirnya sambil terus memandu laju.
Priiiiiiiiiiiiiiit! Di seberang jalan seorang pegawai polis melambaikan
tangan memintanya berhenti. Harun menepikan kenderaannya agak jauh
sambil mengumpat dalam hati. Dari cermin pandang sisi ia melihat pegawai
polis itu. Wajahnya tak terlalu asing baginya..
Jamal rupanya! Sahabat baiknya semasa di sekolah menengah dulu. Hati
Harun agak lega. Dia cepat cepat keluar sambil melambai mesra.
"Pekabo, Jamal! Lamanya tak jumpa...last jumpa masa aku kawen dulu"
"Aku baik je." Tanpa senyum.
"Alahai...aku ndak cepat nih. Bini aku dah lama menunggu di rumah."
"Oh ye ke?" Nampaknya Jamal ragu.
"Ye la Mal, hari ini bini aku punya birthday. Dia dan anak-anak sudah
menyiapkan semuanya. Tentu aku tidak boleh terlambat, kawan-kawannya pun
sedang menunggu "
"Aku paham. Tapi, sebenarnya aku dah lama peratikan kau...selalu sgt kau
langgar lampu merah di persimpangan ini."
Harun mesti ganti strategi.
"Jadi, kau nak menyaman aku ker? Tapi tadi aku tidak melanggar lampu
merah. Sewaktu aku jalan lampu kuning masih menyala." Berdusta sedikit
boleh melancarkan keadaan fikir Harun.
"Ok. Sebenarnya aku nampak jelas. Tolong keluarkan lesen dan kad
pengenalan."
Dengan kesal Harun menyerahkan lesen dan kad pengenalan lalu masuk ke dalam
kenderaan dan menutup kaca tingkapnya. Sementara itu Jamal menulis sesuatu
di buku catatannya. Beberapa saat kemudian Jamal mengetuk kaca tingkap
kereta harun. Harun memandang wajah Jamal dengan penuh kecewa.
Diturunkan tingkap sedikit saja.
"Ah, satu inci cukup untuk memasukkan surat saman." Fikir Harun.
Tanpa berkata-kata Jamal terus kembali ke tempat dia bertugas.
Harun mengambil surat saman yang diselitkan Jamal.
Tapi, hei apa ini. Ternyata lesen memandu dan ic dikembalikan bersama
sebuah nota. Kenapa ia tidak menyaman aku. Lalu nota ini apa? Semacam
gurauan atau apa?
Tergesa-gesa Harun membuka dan membaca nota yang berisi tulisan tangan
Jamal.
------------ --------- --------- -------- "Harun...
Kau tahu kan aku dulu ada seorang anak perempuan dan seorang isteri yang
cantik. Sayang, mereka sudah meninggal dunia.
Dilanggar pemandu yang tidak memperdulikan lampu merah di persimpangan
ini.
Pemandu itu dihukum penjara selama 3 bulan. Sekarang pemandu itu bebas
bertemu isteri dan memeluk ketiga2 anaknya lagi.
Sedangkan anak dan isteriku sudah tiada. Hari ini aku sendirian menyesali
peristiwa itu. Yang pergi tidak akan kembali lagi.
Beberapa kali aku cuba memaafkan pemandu itu tetapi sangat sukar.
Begitu juga kali ini bila sahabatku sendiri memandu seperti pemandu itu.
Aku kecewa teramat sgt.
Berhati-hatilah ketika memandu Run" - Jamal
------------ --------- --------- --------
Harun terkedu. Ia segera keluar dari kenderaan mencari Jamal. Namun, Jamal
sudah meninggalkan pos tempat ia bertugas.
Sepanjang jalan pulang ia memandu perlahan dengan hati tak tentu
sambil berharap kesalahannya dimaafkan.
Tak semestinya anggapan kita adalah sama dengan pengertian orang lain.
Boleh jadi suka kita adalah duka rakan kita.
Hidup ini sangat berharga, jalanilah dengan penuh hati-hati, mengerti
perasaan orang lain dan bertimbangrasa.
WHAT TO DO IF STOPPED BY MALAYSIAN POLICE
Procedures to follow in the event you are stopped by uniformed police Officers while driving:
1. Stop the car and wind down your window.
2. If the police officers ask for your documents, request to see their IDs first.
3. If you are satisfied about their identity, ask them if you are being summoned, and for what offence.
4. Produce your identity card and driver's license and wait to collect your summon ticket.
In the event that the police officers ask you to follow them to the police station:
1. Ask if you are under arrest and for what offence.
2. If you are not under arrest, you have the right to leave.
In the event you are flagged down by persons you believe could be plain clothes police:
1. Do not stop because plain clothes police officers do not have the authority to stop you.
2. Drive to the nearest police station and lodge a report. (The same procedure applies to pedestrians)
In the event the police come to your house:
1. Do not let them in before checking their IDs.
2. If you are not satisfied, phone the nearest police station and confirm if they had been sent to your house.
3. You are under no obligation to allow them into the house if they don't have a search warrant.
4. Do not go with them if you are not under arrest.
In the event persons who claimed to be plain clothes police come to your house:
1. Do not let him in because they do not have the authority to do so.
2. Lodge a report at the nearest police station.
Sivarasa was commenting on the alleged gang-rape of an 18-year-old Uni student by four men claiming to be police officers on New Year's Eve. The girl said that her car was stopped in Taman Tun Dr Ismail in Kuala Lumpur and were asked by the men to open the car bonnet. She was then told that she had committed an offence and ordered to follow the men to a police station. The girl was driven in her car along the North-South expressway to the Tapah-Cameron Highlands road before she was raped in an oil palm estate.
This incident, and many others, have sparked confusion over the procedures which motorists must follow when flagged down by the police. The most common problem is that most people take instructions without determining if the other person is really a cop,' lawyer Annie Santiago said.
However, if you are stopped by a uniformed policeman, then you are required to stop. But you need not get out of the car because you are not expected to do so, Santiago said. He other rule to follow is to provide your identity card only when you are asked to do so. 'Even then, you should get his ID first to confirm if he is a cop. There is no harm in calling the relevant police station to verify if he is supposed to be on duty that day,' Sivarasa said.
Both lawyers said that motorists should never follow an officer to the police station unless one is under arrest . 'If you are not sure, and your instincts tell you that something is wrong, then drive off to the nearest police station and lodge a report,' Sivarasa said.
In response to the alleged gang-rape of the 18-year-old, Women's Aid Organisation executive-secretary Ivy Josiah called on the police to launch an education program to teach the public about their rights to prevent them from being victimised by bogus police officers.
1. Stop the car and wind down your window.
2. If the police officers ask for your documents, request to see their IDs first.
3. If you are satisfied about their identity, ask them if you are being summoned, and for what offence.
4. Produce your identity card and driver's license and wait to collect your summon ticket.
In the event that the police officers ask you to follow them to the police station:
1. Ask if you are under arrest and for what offence.
2. If you are not under arrest, you have the right to leave.
In the event you are flagged down by persons you believe could be plain clothes police:
1. Do not stop because plain clothes police officers do not have the authority to stop you.
2. Drive to the nearest police station and lodge a report. (The same procedure applies to pedestrians)
In the event the police come to your house:
1. Do not let them in before checking their IDs.
2. If you are not satisfied, phone the nearest police station and confirm if they had been sent to your house.
3. You are under no obligation to allow them into the house if they don't have a search warrant.
4. Do not go with them if you are not under arrest.
In the event persons who claimed to be plain clothes police come to your house:
1. Do not let him in because they do not have the authority to do so.
2. Lodge a report at the nearest police station.
Sivarasa was commenting on the alleged gang-rape of an 18-year-old Uni student by four men claiming to be police officers on New Year's Eve. The girl said that her car was stopped in Taman Tun Dr Ismail in Kuala Lumpur and were asked by the men to open the car bonnet. She was then told that she had committed an offence and ordered to follow the men to a police station. The girl was driven in her car along the North-South expressway to the Tapah-Cameron Highlands road before she was raped in an oil palm estate.
This incident, and many others, have sparked confusion over the procedures which motorists must follow when flagged down by the police. The most common problem is that most people take instructions without determining if the other person is really a cop,' lawyer Annie Santiago said.
However, if you are stopped by a uniformed policeman, then you are required to stop. But you need not get out of the car because you are not expected to do so, Santiago said. He other rule to follow is to provide your identity card only when you are asked to do so. 'Even then, you should get his ID first to confirm if he is a cop. There is no harm in calling the relevant police station to verify if he is supposed to be on duty that day,' Sivarasa said.
Both lawyers said that motorists should never follow an officer to the police station unless one is under arrest . 'If you are not sure, and your instincts tell you that something is wrong, then drive off to the nearest police station and lodge a report,' Sivarasa said.
In response to the alleged gang-rape of the 18-year-old, Women's Aid Organisation executive-secretary Ivy Josiah called on the police to launch an education program to teach the public about their rights to prevent them from being victimised by bogus police officers.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
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