Ministry to look into MACC report, says Saifuddin
KUALA LUMPUR: The Home Ministry will scrutinise the report by graft busters on unaddressed misconduct cases at several agencies, including the police, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
The Home Minister said there should not be any denial syndrome as issues of integrity were always a priority.
“We have to respond positively to improve the agency (in terms of integrity) so that the situation will not worsen.
“We must identify the areas that can be improved upon,” he told reporters after attending PDRM’s Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration at the Police Training Centre (Pulapol) here yesterday.
He was commenting on a report which quoted Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki, who said that over 500 reports of alleged misconduct by government personnel had been ignored by their respective department heads.
While immediate improvement was a must, Saifuddin said it must be stated that cases of misconduct involved only a minority compared to the entire police force.
“While there may be several personnel involved in misconduct, more than 120,000 police personnel and officers are performing their duties with full dedication. We should not dampen their motivation.
“Be that as it may, I am confident the police’s leadership will make the necessary improvements,” he said, adding that integrity was integral to enforcement agencies, especially the police.
“Efforts to improve integrity are ongoing as long as someone is a police personnel,” he said.
On Azam’s statement, Saifuddin said the ministry must respond to the MACC report immediately.
“We will study the report and make the necessary improvements,” he said, noting that the police also have an internal department to investigate wrongdoings among their rank-and-file.
Among those who attended the Hari Raya celebration were Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani and Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh.
An online news portal reported that the police made up the bulk of the 553 unaddressed cases, followed by officers from the Road Transport Department (JPJ), with some dating back as far as 12 years ago.
Azam had said that the bulk of the reports involves the police, with 125 cases, followed by JPJ.
Source: The Star
