COMMENT | Is crime contagious?

COMMENT | From the attack at two police stations to the arrest of two men with a machete who tried to trespass into the palace grounds, people are constantly kept on edge about what’s going to happen next.

This is definitely not a healthy emotional state we are in neither does this give us a reprieve from the horrific incident at Ulu Tiram police station in Johor or the time to mourn over the incident.

The Ulu Tiram police station incident which resulted in three deaths that some quarters originally presumed to be a Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) orchestrated terrorist attack dwindled when the authority did not discover any clear evidence linking it to JI.

There’s also been nuances of opinion made on social media on the...