IGP: IPCMC can probe me, I’m not scared!
JERANTUT: Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador said he is not afraid to face investigation by the upcoming Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC), if there was a report against him.
Hamid said that like any other ordinary citizen, he is also subject to the country’s laws.
“I am not going to object (to the clause that says IGP is not exempted from investigation by the IPCMC), nor I’m afraid (to face the investigation),” he told reporters after attending the Jerantut Preschool Graduation Ceremony at Sekolah Kebangsaan Jerantut today.
He was commenting on a statement by Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mohamed Hanipa Maidin yesterday, who said that all police personnel, including the IGP, were subject to IPCMC.
Hanipa said reports against the IGP would be investigated under Section 24 of the Act and if he was found to guilty, action would be taken by the Special Disciplinary Board, to be established by Chief Secretary to the Government.
In another development, Hamid said the directive that all political parties contesting in the Tanjung Piai parliamentary by-election must obtain permit for house-to-house campaigns and walkabouts, was made for security reasons and not under instruction from any quarters.
However, he said the police was willing to cancel the directive if all contesting parties objected to it.
Bernama
