Grandpa is right!!! No policemen. They are all sitting in the station grandpa. That's Malaysia police force. Not like Hong Kong where police are walking the streets.
Morning Lion family, there're two meanings in Bahasa; "police" is called "mata-mata" & if you mentioned "mata" alone, it means "eyes"; eg. mata "kiri" means left eye & mata "kanan" means right eye. Majority of the Chinese communities will refer to "mata" instead 👍