Dedah status 2,097 polis ditangkap kerana jenayah, kata Ahli Parlimen Kepong

Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng has urged the Inspector-General of Police, Khalid Ismail, and Attorney-General Dusuki Mokhtar to reveal the full extent of 2,097 police officers and members of the force who have been arrested for various offenses from 2021 to August this year. In his written parliamentary reply to Lim, Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail revealed that 1,551 of these arrested officers and members of the force were charged with drug-related offenses.

An additional 64 were arrested for corruption, while 482 were detained by the Anti-Corruption Agency Malaysia (SPRM). Lim pointed out that the figure of 2,097 means that on average, more than one police officer is arrested each day over the past eight months, highlighting a significant blow to the integrity of the police force. The police are supposed to arrest criminals, not become criminals themselves.

If police officers are involved in criminal activities, how can the public continue to have faith in the police? This is only three categories of offenses, and it does not include numerous other crimes not mentioned in the Home Minister's reply. Lim also questioned the delay in investigating the case of 12 police officers accused of breaking into a group of Chinese residents and taking approximately RM200,000 in cryptocurrency from a location in Country Heights, Kajang, on February 5.

All of these officers, including four from the Commercial Crime Investigation Department of the Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department, were arrested for being accused of being involved in the incident. Khalid had previously stated that the relevant police officers were assigned to conduct administrative duties to ensure that the investigation could be carried out properly.

In his written parliamentary reply to Lim, Home Minister Saifuddin stated that the matter is still under investigation, more than eight months after the incident occurred. Lim compared this situation to that of Anti-Corruption Agency Malaysia (AKPS) Chief Shuhaily Zain, who was summoned to court 23 days after an incident at KLIA.

The Inspector-General of Police and Attorney-General must explain the significant difference in the duration of investigations, Lim said. The Home Minister and Attorney-General must also clarify the substantial difference in the duration of investigations for Shuhaily, who was summoned to the Magistrate's Court in Sepang on October 21 on charges of assaulting two police officers the previous month.