Petaling Jaya City Council meeting: RAs' private security measures to stand
01/08/2008 NST By Sheila Sri Priya

PJ mayor advises RAs to come up with crime-reducing solutions.

PETALING JAYA: Private security arrangements in housing estates in the city will be allowed as an additional security measure taken by the residents.

However, PJ mayor Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman said that the state government, in a recent executive meeting, has decided that these security measureswould only be allowed in Petaling Jaya and Subang Jaya and no other areas in Selangor.

He said the residents' associations (RAs) should not take that to mean that the council was condoning the security measures undertaken by the RAs themselves.

"We will not allow any more gates to be erected in housing areas where there are none now. We will, however, allow those existing ones to stand. We would advise the RAs to come up with crime-reducing solutions rather than isolating themselves by erecting gates and barriers.

On another issue, cabins used as political party bases all over PJ will be removed by the city council. "Unless the cabins are being utilised by the public, we will remove them as soon as possible," said the mayor.