Well, maybe due to cops abit lazy in Malaysia, and they have slow reaction time when u ring them...
Last time when I went back for holiday, there is some *&%*&^ broke into our house(in Malaysia) to steal shoes! yes shoes!

.. is the 1st time our house got enter by intruder. A few weeks before that, they enter the house compund(as we have got metal fence around the property/house and stole some shoes/boots. So we learn the lesson, and put them inside the house.. oh well... Anyway, we rang the cop in the morning when we found the cupboards was open and all the shoes is gone! They didn't touch the TV, VCR or even the PS on the floor! They even empty out my father tennis bag to fill in all the shoes and boots when the tennis racket cost alot more than the shoes.
So yeah ring the cop, and they arrived 6 hours later ^%*&%&

F*cking useless.. they look around and took the glass window which they gain entry and have finger prints on it. Don't think they do anything to it at all..
My dad even setup some booby trap at one of the fence gate with a big metal bucket.... which will drop to the ground when the door is opened... few days later.. the thief came back and set off the trap... sure he run like hell! since it was dead quite at night and with a big bang!

Shame that we didn't catch him, else he will be very dead... as we have all sort of beating stick ready for him. So wish my dad had a gun, else we will sure it without hessitation... which my uncle did when someone broke into their storage room at his place(firing to the air). .. got approval from the cops that's ok to do anything with intruder at your property
