I were in the Putrajaya last Friday and as usual took a cab to Jabatan Pendaftaran.
I spoke to the taxi driver and he seems to be very angry with policeman saying that they are corrrupted lot.
I were not surprised so I asked him whether he had encountered any corruption while plying his taxi. Oh Yes, he said. The bastard took my money RM 10.00 when I beat the traffic light once in Pudu. The police wanted to saman him but he told the policeman he is old and earning a meagre living. Then he gave the policeman ten ringgit. The police let him off after getting ten ringgit from him. What can a ten ringgit buy today? A bottle of coke?
Incident No 2. The same taxi driver related that once during Deepavali his sons burned fire crackers in their house compound. Two policemen arrived shortly and inquired about the burning of the fire crackers. Seeing that the children and adults were enjoying themselves with plenty of food, the police men asked them for two cans of coca cola. The taxi driver felt offended and said that the two bastard policemen asked for bribe of two cans of coca cola.
Firstly the policemen let them off the hook of burning fire crackers by using discretionary police policing power and isn't it is the Malaysian culture to offer drinks in the Deepavali to your visitors?
Oh Shit! The policemen were merely getting two cans of coke and yet the old man start to tell everyone the police took bribe from him and the bribe was just two cans of coke.
