Curb vigilantism among rural villagers, says crime expert

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A woman’s car was torched in Tasek Gelugor, Penang, on June 19 on the mistaken assumption that she was drunk when she collided with motorcyclists.GEORGE TOWN: A criminologist has urged the police and government to be more involved with rural villagers as a means to cut down incidents of vigilantism. The authorities should work with the local communities to tell them that vigilantism was not acceptable. “The police, the Unity Ministry and local officials should visit these villages and tell them that it is wrong to take the law into their own hands,” said criminologist P Sundramoorthy. Last week, a woman’s car was torched after she was alleged to have been drunk when she collided with two motorcyclists in a rural part of Butterworth. Sundramoorthy said vigilantism was not something new and common in rural areas. However, no one should take the law into their own hands. Although the…