Friday, 07 May 2021 05:11 PM MYT
BY ASHMAN ADAM
Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (centre) speak to reporters during the press conference at the 2020 Umno annual general meeting in Kuala Lumpur March 28, 2021. ― Picture by Hari Anggara
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 7 Umno President Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi sees eye to eye with the party’s Youth Wing urging the government to immediately set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into the revelations made by attorney general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas and former inspector-general of police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador.
Abdul Hamid ends two-year contract as IGP
May 2, 2021
Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador. Photo courtesy PDRM.
KUALA LUMPUR – “I don’t intend to overstay one’s welcome… every beginning has an end,” said Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador, who will hand over the post to his successor, Datuk Seri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani, who is currently deputy IGP, this Monday.
If there was anything he was not able to do during his two years of helming the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM), he said it was not being able to visit Sabah and Sarawak to solve problems facing the Sang Saka Biru team in the two states.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Police Force Commission (SPP) should not be chaired by a minister to prevent any political interference, says Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador (pic).
Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin. - Filepic/The Star
PETALING JAYA: The government should review and improve the process in the appointment of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to instil integrity and public confidence, says civil rights and electoral watchdog Bersih 2.0.
Its steering committee said that it was necessary to reflect the top cop’s ability to carry out his duties with integrity, impartiality and fairness.
“Bersih 2.0 expresses concern over Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin’s conversation with an unknown individual to discuss the candidate for the IGP position.
“The discussion that was leaked on social media and was admitted by Hamzah himself, among others, mentioned that they need to appoint ‘our boy’ to be the IGP.
Tan Sri Hamid Bador (left) and Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin. -filepic
KUALA LUMPUR: The Police Force Commission (SPP) should not be chaired by a minister in order to prevent any political interference, says Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador.
The outgoing Inspector-General of Police said a minister should not interfere in the management of the police force. A minister should focus on matters involving policies, not deciding who would be CPO (state police chiefs) or (Bukit Aman) directors. I propose for former chief justices or former judges to helm the SPP instead of a minister, he said during his last press conference on Friday (April 30) before he is scheduled to retire on May 3.