HAUL UP 'BIG FISH' INSTEAD OF SMALL FRY

YOUR front-page report, "House calls,'' (The Star, Sept 28) on the ACA going
door-to-door to check on "flying licence'' holders gives the impression the
authorities actually do not know who the holders of these licences are.

This only serves to confirm public suspicion that the owners of these
licences cannot be identified.

This is indeed a sorry state of affairs as the people expect the ACA to haul
up the "big fish'' instead of the small fry.

The same is expected of the furor over the Ecstasy pill problem. Until now
the authorities have only managed to raid pubs and entertainment centres and
arresting only the users, while the masterminds and the syndicates behind
the scourge have yet to be identified and brought to court.

The authorities must be made aware that the masterminds are more important
than the actual licence owners and pill users.

They must eliminate the source instead of just carrying out firefighting
efforts.

The masterminds and the syndicates must also be exposed to the public
through the newspapers to prove that the ACA and the other authorities
concerned are sincere in doing their job.

The Truth Matters, Penang, (via e-mail).