Off duty policeman was guai lan or what? Anyway it's the uniform that the ppl are scared of not the person.
It is NOT the Uniform that the people are afraid of.
It is the authority that the Police officer displays - whether in uniform or Mufti (on duty or off-duty).
Policemen should be FIRM and possess that sort of Authority that sends shivers down the spines of the suspects that they encounter.
Sissies has no place in the Police Force.
The old times were different - the Police and the laws that were behind them were feared by the gangsters
Police officers even tell off MPs who "ever dared to interfere in their work"
Then came the "Fortune-teller Incident" in Orchard Road where a police officer handcuffed a PAP MP for assault.
There was a hue and cry and "new" orders were issued that spelt out that MPs SHOULD NOT BE HANDCUFFED.
That was the day the POLICE lost their Authority.
Words spread and the Organisation and its members were less feared.
The Police Force was abused and the members became "impotent"
So sorry to say, that much more worse things are to come.
Thanks to certain leaders............