Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was today urged to "walk the talk" and take action against multi-millionaire police officers revealed in an official inquiry which found the force riddled with graft .

Parliamentary opposition leader Lim Kit Siang said Abdullah should "crack down on police officers as well as political leaders who live beyond their means and amassed wealth disproportionate to their known legitimate sources of income".

Lim was commenting on a Royal Police Commission which said it was the most corrupt of all government agencies and that in some cases senior officers had allegedly amassed millions of ringgit.

The commission said one senior policeman had allegedly declared assets of RM34 million, without any action taken against him.

Another officer, who is under investigation, is suspected of collecting RM200,000 a month in protection money from brothels and illegal gambling syndicates.

"The commission received numerous complaints about many police officers living beyond their means, who reportedly enjoy luxurious lifestyles that far exceed their income, own choice real estate, luxury cars and petrol stations and live in palatial houses," Lim said.

Parliamentary mechanism

Urging Abdullah to "walk the talk in the campaign against corruption" he called for a parliamentary mechanism to oversee reforms recommended by the commission, including the setting up of an independent complaints and misconduct commission.

Lim said Abdullah should convene a special three-day parliamentary debate to do justice to the commission's report.

With 48 of the 125 recommendations to be implemented by year end, the next six months would be an acid test of whether Abdullah was serious in carrying out the reforms, he said.

Abdullah, who took over from former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad in October 2003, won an overwhelming election victory last year after promising clean government and a crackdown on graft.