Sitting from left: YBrs Puan Mas Tina Abdul Hamid, Co-ordinator of VTREC, YDH Tuan SAC Jamel Salleh, Ketua Penolong Pengarah Operasi Darat, Jabatan Pencegahan Jenayah dan Keselamatan Komuniti, Polis DiRaja Malaysia, YBhg Dato’ Ooi Win Juat, Director of VTREC cum Heads or Marketing and Advisory of PUSPAKOM Sdn Bhd with all of the participants and secretariat.
GENTING HIGHLANDS, 16 March 2023: Vehicle Theft Reduction Council of Malaysia (VTREC) embarked on an inaugural 3-day VTREC Laboratory 3 on Stolen Spare Parts and Fake Spare Parts from 14 -16 March 2023 at Resorts World Awana, Genting Highlands, Pahang.
YDH Tuan SAC Jamel Salleh, Ketua Penolong Pengarah Operasi Darat, Jabatan Pencegahan Jenayah dan Keselamatan Komuniti, Polis DiRaja Malaysia delivering his Keynote Address and Opening at the VTREC Lab 3.
YBrs Puan Mas Tina Abdul Hamid, Co-ordinator of VTREC delivering her Welcome Address at the VTREC Lab 3
VTREC Lab 3 alone was participated by 28 participants from multiple background. Whereas, previously VTREC Lab 1 and VTREC Lab 2 were attended by 65 participants from 36 organisations also from multiple background including government agencies, non-government agencies such as Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM), West Port Police, Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan Malaysia (JPJ), Jabatan Kastam Diraja Malaysia (JKDM), Kementerian Hal Ehwal Pengguna (KPDN), Federation of Automobile Workshop Owners’ Association of Malaysia (FAWOAM), PUSPAKOM Sdn Bhd (PUSPAKOM), Malaysia Automotive Robotics and IoT Institute (MARii), Motordata Research Consortium Sdn Bhd (MRC), International Association of Auto Theft Investigators (IAATI) and Federation of Consumers Association (FOMCA), insurance industry, students, residence associations to name a few.
Crime of vehicle theft with motive to steal its parts and crime of fake spare parts affects all Malaysians, irrespective of race, religion, gender or income level. While we are literally already starting to see some positive indicators on the nationwide level of vehicle theft and road traffic accident, we have much more to contribute to further increase Malaysians well-being and live in a beautiful, order and safer country.
Reducing crime of stolen spare parts and crime of fake spare parts is important to our country especially when Malaysia is making a leap to join developed country. In order to sustain the quality of life and better well-being, they require us to address some of the polarities that exist in Malaysia. Be optimistic at the same time to work within our limited recourses would drive us to be creative where new approach is needed. The involvement of multiple stakeholders both the government agencies and non-government agencies including the public and communities have to actively engaged, as compared to solely shouldered by the police to reduce the crimes.
Sitting from left: Encik Muhammad Alif Mohd Adnan (VTREC) YBrs Puan Mas Tina Abdul Hamid (VTREC) YBhg Dato’ Alex Lye (IAATI – Asian Branch) with a number of participants of Group A – Stolen Spare Parts.
Sitting from left: Puan Izzah Muhammad (Mediamate) YBhg Dato’ Ooi Win Juat (PUSPAKOM), YBrs Puan Mas Tina Abdul Hamid (VTREC), Tuan Mohd Hafiz Mohamed Yusof @ Mokhtar and Encik Nurul Hafzi Hamid (TPTM, KPDN) with a number participants of Group B – Fake Spare Part.
The Lab offers a through and well-rounded discussion of the many sides of the crime of stolen spare parts and the crime of fake spare parts discussion and debate in a clear and accessible language, including latest information and changes concerning various aspects including physical environment and crime, high potential for deviance, offenders, act, rule of intervention, law, enforcement, prevention, vehicle theft, stolen spare parts, fake spare parts, stakeholders role, jurisdiction, policing, integration, community, monitoring, initiative, engagement and many more.
The VTREC Lab 3 aims are:
- To identify the gaps and weaknesses
- To find solutions and remedies
- To find short term and long-term solutions and remedies
YBrs Puan Mas Tina Abdul Hamid, Co-ordinator of VTREC handing over the memento to YDH Tuan SAC Jamel Salleh, Ketua Penolong Pengarah Operasi Darat, Jabatan Pencegahan Jenayah dan Keselamatan Komuniti, Polis DiRaja Malaysia
Those aims are related to reducing crime of stolen spare parts and crime of fake spare parts. As a matter of fact, there are a number of solutions and remedies derived from the lab may take a long journey to be materialised, but at least on the positive note, VTREC has started somewhere to alleviate and mitigate the issues of stolen spare parts and fake spare parts. To materialise the findings, all stakeholders need to hold hand and work holistically as a team rather than performing solo. Together we can make it a success
