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KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman’s Department of Integrity and Compliance (JIPS) has been instructed to redouble its efforts to eradicate all forms of crime committed by police officers and personnel.
Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador (Photo) He said crimes committed by members of the police will not be tolerated.
“We do not compromise with those who have committed crimes, especially in the police force.
“No mercy for those who dare to tarnish the image of the police force,” he said when contacted by The Star on Friday (October 9).
He was commenting on the arrests by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) of several high-ranking police officers, who were allegedly involved in a scam and a gambling union in Macau.
The IGP said it welcomed the MACC investigation.
“As I have said many times in the past, I welcome any kind of investigation into any wrongdoing of my men.
“We will cooperate fully with the MACC on this matter,” he added.
It was reported that RM85mil has been seized from a Macau scam and illegal gambling syndicate, but anti-bribery is now expanding the network to catch more people, including police officers.
The MACC, which has captured 20 people (including eight policemen and one Chinese national) so far, will make more arrests in the coming days.
Sources say that RM85mil is the tip of the iceberg and the MACC hopes to confiscate more of the illegally obtained profits that will be put into government coffers.
MACC Chief Commissioner Datuk Seri Azam Baki had said that the bribery busters have crippled the union’s operations by freezing its accounts – 730 of them with RM80 thousand inside these accounts – as well as RM5 thousand in cash.
MACC investigators also seized 23 luxury cars from various brands – Bentley, Rolls Royce, Lamborghini, Ferrari and Porsche – believed to have been purchased from returns from illegal activities carried out by the individuals.
It is understood that celebrities and famous personalities were among the victims of the scam, and Azam said that some may have known. or unknowingly accepted money from this union for commercial purposes.
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