Malaysia has been flooded with kidnap cases (well, being "flooded" would imply massiveness, but we can never be so "few" with kidnap cases). From Nurin, to Sharlinie, to some others, including the poor young girl named Nurul Nadirah, who was torched alive.
I still remember one discussion with my friend when I was undergoing my bachelor's studies, and he presented an idea to tackle this issue - controversial, yet might be effective. My friend hypothesizes that part of the reason why a kidnapper kidnaps a child is because of the satisfaction it brings when it becomes a national news, when it appears on the front page of major newspapers. To the mind of the kidnapper, gaining fame this way is an achievement - perhaps from the underachieved childhood that he or she experienced earlier.
So, what my friend proposed in that very heated discussion is that one way to bring the kidnapper out in the open is to, well, not to bring him out in the open. By silencing the media, and by not publicizing the particular case at all, it would make the kidnapper feels as if what he or she has done is not a big deal, and we can imagine this can upset him or her. If there is one thing most offenders share in common is that they all can experience nervous breakdown if there is one hiccup in their plan.
I'm not sure if this would be effective at all, but don't you think it's research-worthy? Don't you think it's something that we can look into? Whatever it is, I just hope that all parties in this country play their role to reduce or prevent kidnap cases at all, including the public, and the parents.
2 comments:
the thing is, if you keep it silent, people might just be more careless about it.. parents might let their kids out in the open.. even when there are multiple cases like this going on they still let their child suka suki go here and there, if the cases are not publicize, than people might think it is safe and lagi la amik tak kisah. tak ke?
anyway, hi taufik!!! this is ili, ili nawwar. hehehe.. lama tak talk or comment or have any sort of conversation with you. hehe =)
Hi Iliiii! Lama x jmpa! That's right! Kite dh lama x chat, dulu selalu chat.
Tp Ili kan, my personal opinion la, maybe preventive measure is different from investigative measure? Kalo nak prevent kidnapping cases mgkn bole implement parenting law, for example, atau wat kempen kesedaran. Tapi, apa yang dimaksudkan kat sini mgkn untuk langkah penyiasatan, yang berkaitan dengan kes tu directly, kite tak perlu publicize? Tapi, how should I know, it's totally personal, not empirical, hehe...
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