GEORGE TOWN – A Gerakan leader wants to know what has happened to a series of corruption allegations levelled against enforcement officials, including from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and the police, in the past seven months.
Vice-president Baljit Singh said that there were many exposes in the media about alleged corruption involving police, prosecutors and others – but until now, the majority of them have not been produced in court.
“Where are the charges against all the dirty cops and other officers?” he asked.
“Malaysians were shocked when it was reported that 12 enforcement officers, including high ranking policemen, MACC officers and even a deputy public prosecutor (DPP) were arrested earlier this year for having links with an organised crime syndicate.”
Most recently, four policemen – including the Kajang police station chief – were arrested while partying away with four women in one of the rooms at the police station.
News reports have since exposed that the chief had also tested positive for drugs.
“I wish to highlight here that it has been over one week since the party at the Kajang station and three months since the 12 enforcement officers with links to the Gang Nicky crime syndicate were arrested,” Baljit said in a statement today.
“These officers were not from one single station but from police stations in different states including the police headquarters in Bukit Aman.”
However, not even one of those implicated with Gang Nicky have been charged with anything until now, said Baljit in a statement.
“All we had were stories about them being remanded and then released within days after they managed to contest their detention orders.”
On March 30, former Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador revealed that 34 public sector personnel, including from the police, were believed have played roles in allowing Geng Nicky members and fugitive businessman Datuk Seri Nicky Liow Soon Hee to escape the Ops Pelican 3.0 dragnet.
According to Hamid, the 33-year-old businessman was believed to have been tipped off on the impending raid by police and government officers including a DPP.
It is a scandal of unbelievable proportions. We have top officers who were arrested and accused of not only being in cahoots with a crime syndicate but also committing a crime by tipping off a syndicate boss of his impending arrest.
However, until now he has not read of one being charged, Baljit said.
“I hope the authorities will not sweep these cases under the carpet for whatever reasons. The offences committed by those involved in these two cases cannot be taken lightly if we are to protect our enforcement integrity,” he said. – The Vibes, July 28, 2021
