Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang wants the Parliamentary Select Committee on Integrity to probe the allegation that a top police officer with the Bukit Aman federal police headquarters had amassed RM27 million in wealth.

He also said the allegation carried in today's New Straits Times raised questions as to the effectiveness of the Royal Police Commission's recommendations to improve the police service.

According to the report, the senior police officer is being investigated by the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) for abuse of power and failing to declare his RM27 million worth of assets.

Quoting an unnamed source, the report said the officer, in his fifties, is a director of a company that was awarded a project in April to develop an area in Lahad Datu.

"What is of concern about the latest report of the 'RM27 million' senior cop is a picture that nothing substantive had taken place to create a culture of integrity and zero-tolerance for corruption," said Lim in a statement today.

He also asked if this was the first case of officers being probed for amassing such large amounts of wealth since the commission was launched two years ago.

"The public are also reminded of the case of the 'RM34 million' senior police officer mentioned in the Royal Police Commission Report," he said.

Lim referred to a statement by a retired police officer in the Royal Police Commission Report who claimed that corruption was so rampant in the police force that no action was taken when a senior officer made an asset declaration amounting to RM34 million.

'Get your act together'

"(Inspector-general of police) Musa (Hassan) and PDRM must get their act together to demonstrate that they are fully committed to the National Integrity Plan and are prepared to set a good example of probity to restore public confidence in an incorruptible police service by welcoming an independent inquiry into all serious allegations of corruption against top cops.

"Malaysians are reminded of the Royal Police Commission report on police corruption: 'The public believes that police personnel are vulnerable and this encourages the public to offer bribes in order to avoid any inconvenience, legal action or paying heavier fines,'" he added.

Meanwhile, Lim also said that Musa suffered a "huge dent" in his credibility when no action was taken after allegations of corruption surfaced in articles in the Malaysia Today website that implicated top officers including Musa.

"Instead, ( Malaysia Today webmaster) Raja Petra Kamarudin was subjected to harassment and victimisation with the eight-hour police questioning two days ago, not on what he wrote, in particular the various allegations and exposes of abuses of power and corruption involving high-profile political, police and government officials, but for comments left by visitors," he said.