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KUALA LUMPUR: Police Inspector General Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador (pix) has instructed district police chiefs across the country to investigate the well-being of their staff and subordinates so that any problems they face can be resolved. promptly.
He said help or advice should be given to people with problems to avoid adverse incidents.
Following the example of an incident in which a police corporal was believed to have shot and killed his seven-year-old son before shooting himself at Jalan Widuri 1, Taman Sentosa Jaya, Seremban, last Wednesday, Abdul Hamid said that he was disappointed that no one was aware of the policeman’s psychological state.
“It was not the first case. Before that, there was a case in Perak, where a mother locked herself in with her children and set fire to the room in a police barracks.
“There was also a case that happened during the early implementation of the Movement Control Order when one of my policemen shot himself at a checkpoint because he is said to have heard a voice telling him to do it,” he told Bernama Recently.
He said that if a police officer had a psychological problem and the matter was not addressed, it would be dangerous because police personnel on duty generally received firearms.
“Many similar cases also occurred abroad and I am going to investigate the matter so that these incidents can be avoided through early intervention,” he added.
Regarding the incident in Seremban, Abdul Hamid said that the policeman who is believed to have shot himself in the head was a detective.
“It is appropriate for the police officer to be provided with a firearm when on duty in the field because he is a detective. How the incident happened is still under investigation.
“Based on information provided by the Negeri Sembilan police chief (Datuk Mohamad Mat Yusop) the motive for the policeman’s suicide was deception and from what witnesses told him, the policeman had family problems,” he added. Named
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