Don't protect errant colleagues, warns IGP
Inspector general of police Khalid Abu Bakar has urged officers and rank-and-file to report on the misconduct of colleagues and not sweep it under the carpet.
Whether the misconduct involved corruption or indiscipline, he said, the matter should be reported to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and the Police Disciplinary Division to ensure integrity in the force.
Inspector general of police Khalid Abu Bakar has urged officers and rank-and-file to report on the misconduct of colleagues and not sweep it under the carpet.
Whether the misconduct involved corruption or indiscipline, he said, the matter should be reported to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and the Police Disciplinary Division to ensure integrity in the force.
"We found a 'wall of silence' when colleagues did not want to testify against their friends in the force.
"In this regard, the police will carry out a campaign among officers and members of the force to raise awareness on the need to report any wrongdoing to uphold the force's integrity.
"I give my assurance that each officer and member who reports such matters will be protected under the Whistleblower Protection Act 2010," added Khalid.
He said this at a media conference after a visit by Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC) chairperson Heliliah Mohd Yusof at the federal police headquarters at Bukit Aman today.
On the visit by Heliliah
(left)
and the EAIC delegation, the inspector-general of police said the force would leave it to the EAIC to evaluate the standard operating procedure involving detention, and would accept any decision to improve the procedure.
"We do not want more detention death cases in the lock-up to recur," he said.
In another development, Khalid requested the government to expedite the approval of the proposed Crime Prevention Act to replace the Emergency Ordinance (EO).
"This is because, many witnesses pertaining to violent crimes, decline to give statements in open court for fear of reprisal," he said in reaction to an increase in shooting cases nationwide recently.
On July 4, Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the ministry was in the process of drafting new regulations to replace the EO which was abolished in 2011, following a rise in violent crimes when more than 2,600 detainees under the ordinance were released.
- Bernama
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