Indian youths in crime: MIC wants pow-wow with IGP

MIC has requested for a meeting with Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan to discuss the sharp rise in the number of Indian youths getting involved in crime over the past few months.

Its president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said the Indian community was alarmed at the recent spate of violent crimes involving its youths, with such incidents being reported in the media almost daily.

"This is a worrying trend and the MIC, its youth wing and the Social Strategic Foundation (YSS) have decided to meet the police to find a solution.

"We're inviting Indian youths from all quarters to also come forward with their own proposals on how to solve this pressing problem," he said on Saturday.

Samy Vellu said Indian secondary school students should be looked at first to ensure they were not being influenced by "undesirable elements."

He said that anti-crime programmes aimed at secondary schools a few years ago had recorded some success, but the programmes were scaled down due to financial constraints.

He said "gangsterism" and other crimes had resurfaced in secondary schools, citing a case where students belonging to a gang had a celebration in a school in Klang.

Police disrupted the celebration and detained three gang members.