MyWatch is claiming that the Home Minister's special
liaison officer has powers to bypass the Inspector-General of Police
himself.
KUALA
LUMPUR: Anti-crime watchdog MyWatch alleged today that a police officer
with a rank of deputy commissioner [DCP] appointed by Home Minister
Hishammuddin Hussein as his special liaison officer is ‘more powerful’
than the Inspector-General of Police Ismail Omar himself.The NGO’s chairman R Sri Sanjeevan claimed that this was because the officer was able to bypass the IGP to give instructions to top officers of the Royal Malaysian Police [PDRM], including state police chiefs, state CID chiefs and district police heads.
Sanjeevan said that never in the history of the police force has a liaison officer held such a high rank of DCP, which is even higher ranked than the prime minister’s aide-de-camp who is only ranked an Assistant Commissioner of Police [ACP].
The home minister’s current liaison officer is identified as DCP Wan Ahmad Najmuddin Mohamad.
“MyWatch urges the home minister to explain why does he need a PDRM liaison officer in his office with the rank of DCP which is equivalent to state CPO position when all the while it was only a Superintendent [Supt] position.”
Sanjeevan claimed that this “clearly shows that home minister is indeed meddling into PDRM matters without relaying orders directly to the IGP himself”.
“Since the officer advises the home minister, then I think the IGP would have to listen to him as well, right?” he added.
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