Civil servants should follow in the footsteps of former police special branch deputy director Abdul Hamid Bador by coming forward either openly or otherwise to expose abuse of power committed by those in government.

PAS parliamentarian Mahfuz Omar said he, together with other opposition leaders, were ready to listen and do whatever they could to protect these whistleblowers.

The Pokok Sena MP pointed out that the responsibility to save the country from 'damage done by the prime minister (Najib Abdul Razak) and Umno/BN government' did not fall to opposition parties alone.

"It's the obligation of every Malaysian including civil servants who love this country," he said in a statement today.

"Use the coming 58th independence day as the starting point to free ourselves and the country from corruption, abuse of power and the betrayal of trust by the Umno/BN government."

Mahfuz's ( photo ) suggestion comes in light of Hamid who had claimed, among others, that there were efforts by 'certain powers' to hide main witnesses involved in the SRC International scandal.

Without going into details, Hamid had said that one of the main witnesses was previously hidden in Indonesia and Thailand and is now in hiding in New Zealand.

Safety a concern

Mahfuz said Hamid's expose had proven that there was interference by certain quarters in the government, believed to be close to the prime minister, to prevent investigations by the authorities into the 1MDB scandal and the RM42 million which had allegedly went into Najib's personal accounts from SRC International.

"(Hamid's expose) had also proven that the police, the special branch in particular, were instructed to get involved in politics or were used as a tool for the political interests of certain quarters," he said.

Commending Hamid ( photo ) who was willing to 'risk his live, position and stature' to come forward to expose the wrongdoings committed by the government, Mahfuz, however, expressed concern for Hamid as well as his family's safety.

"I hope Hamid won't be threatened. I also hope that the government will not use dirty tactics to prevent Hamid from further exposing things," he said.