Oleh Husam Musa
POINT OF VIEW
By TUN HANIF OMAR, The Star
The police force and the Anti-Corruption Agency – two crucial institutions leading the fight against malpractices and corruption. Yet they are sadly disappointing in their inability to even clean up their own backyards. The first we all know because among the first things that this government did after the last general election was to convene a Royal Commission from February 2004 to enquire why that institution had gone so far down the road of self-destruct and to make recommendations as to how to enhance again its operations and management. That was our Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM). I briefed the Royal Commission that police corruption was so extensive that a very senior ACA officer had confided in me and another top retired police officer that 40% of the senior officers could be arrested without further investigations – strictly on the basis of their lifestyles. One state police chief had a net worth of RM18mil. My friend and I had watched the force getting deeper and deeper into the morass of corruption.”
Petikan tulisan bekas Ketua Polis Negara, Tun Hanif Omar dalam Sunday Star semalam, adalah satu tamparan terbuka.Sebagai bekas Ketua Polis, bercakap mengenai polis, tentulah menjadi penumbuk yang cukup berat ‘weight’nya. Ia ada authoritative appeal. Kerajaan Abdullah mesti memberikan respon segera terhadap beberapa isu yang dibangkitkan.
a. Rasuah di kalangan anggota polis termasuk berpangkat tinggi adalah berleluasa. 40% pegawai tinggi polis boleh ditangkap tanpa penyiasatan panjang kerana kehidupan mewah melebihi pendapatan boleh dijadikan ukuran.
b. PDRM masih tidak dapat memulihkan imejnya walaupun Laporan Suruhanjaya Diraja telah dikeluarkan lebih dua tahun setengah yang lalu.
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