COMMENT | The authorities need a new répertoire of excuses, or a new creative director, to provide the Malaysian rakyat with reasons why crime remains unresolved.

With a roulette wheel, you spin, and you never know where the ball will land. However, when Malaysian CCTVs are involved in solving crime, you soon realise that only high-profile/sensitive cases will fail to yield results.

The usual spin includes unclear images, “not working”, or “sent for maintenance”.

Inspector-General of Police Khalid Ismail recently said that...