"Until now, nothing has been done. The security in Bintulu Division cannot be desirably improved therefore because of the lack of the infra structure."

He said he was tired of listening to replies like "the ministry will look into it" because if the people of Bintulu kept getting such answers, they would lose confidence in the government one day.

The disappointed Tiong, who is also chairman of the Barisan Nasional Back Bencher Club, said he had raised this issue again in the parliament last week, appealing to the ministry to keep to the government's promise.

"Just as I raised this issue, another murder had occurred in my constituency when a grocer was stabbed in an armed robbery."

He said violent crimes like this had caused uncertainty and concern among the people.
"Because of the economic and social boom, there is an urgent need to raise the Bintulu police status to accommodate better security services in the Division."
Security was a key factor in development, he said.

"As population booms, police manpower must also increase to keep up with the stress of the growth."

In Bintulu, he said he had learnt about the lack of the police manpower years ago.
In the parliament last week, Tiong said he had focussed on the urgency of setting up the General Operation Force (GOF) here to back up the police's security check in the vast Bintulu outskirts.

Being unsatisfied with the ministry's reply, he said there was an exchange of words with Deputy Home Minister Datuk Chor Chi Heung in the sitting.

"When shall we start seriously look into this urgency? Shall we need more murders or other violent crimes as the indicators?"

The Bintulu MP said he had been concerned because crimes like snatching, armed robberies and house breaking thefts had been rampant.

With last week's gruesome murder, he questioned how the government should face the victim's family and the town folks if they could not improve the situation due ot the lack of the infra structure.

He said there were instances when police's anti-crime operations were hampered.
"It will become a mockery if our district police have to borrow manpower and vehicles from another district police for massive operations."

Tiong said he had suggested numerous times on the need to launch border checks to cut out illegal immigrants, checks on plantations and factories and increase police manpower if crimes were to be efficiently curbed.

"On last week's murder, I appeal to the Bukit Aman Police to launch a massive manhunt for the killers."