Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo said internal inquiries are unlikely to be able to tackle large issues such as the cartel and corruption exposed by IGP Abdul Hamid Bador recently, and has called on the MACC to launch a full and open investigation.

Gobind (above) was reacting to a Straits Times report in which the IGP said several former Integrity and Standard Compliance Department (Jips) officers had allowed those who “passed favours to investigators” to be let off scot-free, instead of being charged or transferred out of their positions.

Saying that the police department's disciplinary committee was...