Home Ministry leaves decision on charged AKPS chief to civil service process

The Home Ministry has decided that the handling of the case involving Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) director-general Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain will be conducted through the civil service process, according to Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. This decision was made in accordance with existing public administration regulations, Saifuddin stated during a press conference at the launch of several national programmes.

Saifuddin was responding to questions about Mohd Shuhaily's position as AKPS director-general while facing a court case. The minister accepted criticism from opposition MPs who claimed he had failed to mediate in the issue, but questioned their ability to act as peacemakers when their own party was facing divisions. Mohd Shuhaily pleaded not guilty to two charges of intentionally causing injuries to police personnel at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on September 28, and his lawyer stated that he would continue performing his duties unless there was an administrative directive to the contrary.