Sunday, 02 May 2021 09:22 PM MYT
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MAY 2 Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador’s recent call that the Police Force Commission (SPP) should not be chaired by a ‘Minister’ to prevent any political interference is a timely one. It appears from the newspaper article that there may have been interference in the management of the police force in the form of appointments of CPOs, Bukit Aman directors and IGP. His proposal to have a non-politician as SPP chairman is a wise call - as he so succinctly put it “If a minister chairs the SPP, political elements will seep into the commission.”
Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador
(pic) claimed that the meddling became more intense as it came closer to the end of his tenure as IGP. All placement plans were scuttled by the delay (because) of the police commission meeting. It was done on purpose to allow me to leave first, he said on Saturday (May 1).
In a no-holds-barred press conference on Friday (April 30), which was his last as the IGP, Abdul Hamid said the Police Force Commission (SPP) should not be chaired by a minister to prevent political interference.
He said a minister should not interfere in the management of the police force.
[S.Mahfuz/BenarNews]
In his final press conference, Malaysia’s outgoing police chief blasted his boss on Friday for intervening in daily departmental affairs, saying this hampered his work and divided the force.
The meddling continued even after he reported it to the prime minister, Police Inspector-General Abdul Hamid Bador said. But his boss, Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin, said he had the authority to involve himself in police matters.
“He [the home minister] is only given the mandate to set policies, the direction of the police force. It is not his job to decide who becomes police commissioner and where, or who becomes the director and where. … Hamzah insisted on assuming the power to decide who will be placed where,” Abdul Hamid told reporters.