{"id":5119,"date":"2026-05-20T23:13:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vtarec.my\/?p=5119"},"modified":"2026-05-26T00:38:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T16:38:46","slug":"pdrm-vtarec-vehicle-theft-awareness-campaign-in-kuching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vtarec.my\/?p=5119","title":{"rendered":"PDRM-VTAREC Vehicle Theft Awareness Campaign in Kuching"},"content":{"rendered":"

YBrs Puan Mas Tina Abdul Hamid, Co-ordinator of Vehicle Theft and Accident Reduction Council of Malaysia (5th<\/sup> from right), Sjn Rohana Dahri, Bahagian Pencegahan Jenayah dan Keselamatan Komuniti, Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Kuching (4th<\/sup> from left), Sjn Yati Latif, Bahagian Pencegahan Jenayah dan Keselamatan Komuniti, Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Kuching (4th<\/sup> from right), Kpl Hamidah Hj Latif, Bahagian Pencegahan Jenayah dan Keselamatan Komuniti, Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Kuching (3rd<\/sup> from right), Const Mohd Nazri Jitais, Bahagian Pencegahan Jenayah dan Keselamatan Komuniti, Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Kuching (2nd<\/sup> from right), Const Mohd Aminuddin Mohd Nasir, Bahagian Pencegahan Jenayah dan Keselamatan Komuniti, Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Kuching (3rd<\/sup> from left), Puan Marlyana Mansur, Executive of Vehicle Theft and Accident Reduction Council of Malaysia (1st<\/sup> from right) Encik Farid Akmal Johan, Executive of Vehicle Theft and Accident Reduction Council of Malaysia (1st<\/sup> from left) and Encik Aniq Denial Fauzi, Executive Vehicle Theft and Accident Reduction Council of Malaysia (2nd<\/sup> from left) during the awareness campaign.<\/em><\/p>\n

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KUCHING<\/strong>, 6 October 2024:\u00a0 The Vehicle Theft and Accident Reduction Council of Malaysia (VTAREC) continues to promote the importance of keeping our cars safe to raise awareness and knowledge about vehicle theft. This campaign is to secure the safety of the\u00a0Kuching community and protect their vehicle and avoid being stolen.\u00a0 The public awareness\u00a0was held in Level 1, AEON Mall Kuching Central, Kuching, Sarawak.\u00a0 The slogan \u2018United Against Vehicle Theft\u2019 calls for the community in Sarawak to stand together stronger to protect their vehicles from being victims of vehicle theft. At the end of the day, participants become more vigilant and take the necessary precautions to protect their vehicles and avoid being the victim of a stolen vehicle.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>YBrs Puan Mas Tina Abdul Hamid, Co-ordinator of Vehicle Theft and Accident Reduction Council of Malaysia (3rd from left), Sjn Rohana Dahri, Bahagian Pencegahan Jenayah dan Keselamatan Komuniti, Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Kuching (2nd<\/sup> from left), Sjn Yati Latif, Bahagian Pencegahan Jenayah dan Keselamatan Komuniti, Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Kuching (3rd<\/sup> from right), Kpl Hamidah Hj Latif, Bahagian Pencegahan Jenayah dan Keselamatan Komuniti, Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Kuching (2nd<\/sup> from right), Const Mohd Nazri Jitais, Bahagian Pencegahan Jenayah dan Keselamatan Komuniti, Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Kuching (1st<\/sup> from right), Const Mohd Aminuddin Mohd Nasir, Bahagian Pencegahan Jenayah dan Keselamatan Komuniti, Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Kuching (1st<\/sup> from left).<\/em><\/p>\n

The public engagement received much participation from the community in Kuching.\u00a0 This public engagement also received participation from Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM).\u00a0 Many activities have been prepared by VTAREC, such as engagement wall, wheel of fortunes, quizzes and colouring contests, which attract many visitors from the mall to join the VTAREC booth.<\/p>\n

YBrs Puan Mas Tina Abdul Hamid, Co-ordinator of VTAREC, advises always using a steering lock device like a universal steering lock for safety measures to avoid being victims of vehicle theft.\u00a0 Other than that, she advised us\u00a0to install and use wheel locks, GPS trackers, RFID blockers and immobilisers to add safety features and countermeasures to protect our car from being stolen.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Const Mohd Aminuddin Mohd Nasir, Bahagian Pencegahan Jenayah dan Keselamatan Komuniti, Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Kuching sharing some words on the engagement wall.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Const Mohd Nazri Jitais, Bahagian Pencegahan Jenayah dan Keselamatan Komuniti, Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Kuching sharing awareness about protecting vehicles with the public.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Kpl Hamidah Hj Latif, Bahagian Pencegahan Jenayah dan Keselamatan Komuniti, Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Kuching sharing some flyers with the public.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/em>Yati Latif, Bahagian Pencegahan Jenayah dan Keselamatan Komuniti, Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Kuching with one of the participants.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>Sjn Yati Latif, Bahagian Pencegahan Jenayah dan Keselamatan Komuniti, Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Kuching explaining how to keep our vehicle safe.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Encik Farid Akmal Johan, Executive of the\u00a0Vehicle Theft and Accident Reduction Council of Malaysia (VTAREC) explains what can be done to keep our vehicles safe to the public.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Const Mohd Nazri Jitais, Bahagian Pencegahan Jenayah dan Keselamatan Komuniti, Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Kuching and Const Mohd Aminuddin Mohd Nasir, Bahagian Pencegahan Jenayah dan Keselamatan Komuniti, Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Kuching with the public.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Among the public participants who deliver messages on the\u00a0engagement wall.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Among participants who join the Wheel of Fortunes game.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Other than standing a chance to win many great prizes that have\u00a0been offered by VTAREC, participants can also share some of their or their nearest contacts who were involved in road traffic accidents by answering a questionnaire that has been prepared.\u00a0 The initiative done by VTAREC is an effective effort to study and reduce the\u00a0rate of road traffic accidents.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Among participants who plays the steering lock game.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/em>VTAREC colouring contest in AEON Mall Kuching Central received more than 30 participation applications from 6 years old to 12 years old who joined the contest.\u00a0 A variety of creativity by the participants was translated through the drawing paper that was provided.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Quiz sessions during the awareness campaign.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Parents and participants of the colouring contest who were patiently waiting for the results.<\/em><\/p>\n

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As the public engagement drew to an end, YBrs Puan Mas Tina Abdul Hamid, VTAREC Co-ordinator, led the prize presentation ceremony. The winner of the colouring contest for this public engagement took home the grand prize comprising a VTAREC t-shirt, a goodies bag, a certificate and cash of RM130.00.\u00a0 The first runner-up received a prize bundle comprising a VTAREC \u2018United Against Vehicle Theft\u2019 t-shirt, a goodies bag, a certificate and cash amounting to RM100.00. Not only that, two participants won third place and received a VTAREC t-shirt, a goodies bag, a certificate and a cash prize valued at RM70.00.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Winner of the main prize.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>2nd<\/sup> <\/em>place winner for the VTAREC colouring contest.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>3rd<\/sup> place winner for the VTAREC colouring contest.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Another 3rd<\/sup> place winner for the VTAREC colouring contest.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Among those who received consolation prizes.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>YBrs Puan Mas Tina Abdul Hamid, Co-ordinator of Vehicle Theft and Accident Reduction Council of Malaysia, delivering a momento to the\u00a0representative of AEON Mall Kuching Central as a token of appreciation.<\/em><\/p>\n

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YBrs Puan Mas Tina Abdul Hamid, Co-ordinator of Vehicle Theft and Accident Reduction Council of Malaysia (5th from right), Sjn Rohana Dahri, Bahagian Pencegahan Jenayah dan Keselamatan Komuniti, Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Kuching (4th from left), Sjn Yati Latif, Bahagian Pencegahan Jenayah dan Keselamatan Komuniti, Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Kuching…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reports-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtarec.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtarec.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtarec.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtarec.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtarec.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5119"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vtarec.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5301,"href":"https:\/\/vtarec.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5119\/revisions\/5301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtarec.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtarec.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtarec.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtarec.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}