Home Ministry says no plans to probe former IGP’s claims

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 — The Home Ministry revealed today that it did not intend to investigate Tan Sri Musa Hassan’s claims of a “third party” meddling in police affairs.

Musa, who is the former Inspector-General of Police, had alleged excessive interference by “third parties” in police business, naming the home ministry among others.

“All kinds of people interfere. People from the ministry itself, outsiders, people with vested interests like those who want to do things that are not right — they will try to interfere,” he had said.

In a written reply today to Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said that the ministry did not plan to take any action on Musa’s claims.

“At this present time the Home Ministry does not plan to investigate the claims of the former IGP about third party interference in the police force.

“The ministry is also not planning to take any action on the claims,” said the written reply.

The reply did not state the reasons for not investigating Musa’s allegations.

The home ministry has consistently denied it had meddled in any police matters, saying that its involvement with the police was limited to weekly meetings with the force to discuss resource allocations and to review case files.

Following Musa’s allegations, Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers had urged the top cop to lodge reports with an ombudsman, the Public Complaints Bureau and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to eradicate such problems from the police force.