Reveal status of 2,097 arrested cops, Kepong MP tells AG, IGP
Lim Lip Eng says an average of more than one police officer or personnel member was arrested daily over the past five years and eight months.
Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng has urged the Inspector-General of Police Khalid Ismail and Attorney-General Dusuki Mokhtar to provide a breakdown of the 2,097 police officers and personnel arrested from 2021 through August this year. The Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail disclosed that 1,551 of these arrests were for drug-related offences, while 482 were through the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.
Sixty-four arrests related to robbery. Lim highlighted this number as a severe blow to police integrity, stating that more than one officer was arrested daily over the five years and eight months. Lim, a lawyer, questioned the public's trust in police if they were involved in crime. He also asked about the total number of arrests for all offences and inquired about the delay in investigating an incident involving 12 police officers accused of robbing cryptocurrency.
The case remains under investigation over eight months after the incident. Lim contrasted this with a case where Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency chief Shuhaily Zain was charged 23 days after assaulting two policemen.
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- Dedah status 2,097 polis ditangkap kerana jenayah, kata Ahli Parlimen Kepong freemalaysiatoday.com
