PUTRAJAYA, August 27 - Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein refused to elaborate on the status of Tan Sri Musa Hassan’s contract renewal as Inspector-General of Police (IGP).
Musa reached his retirement age in 2007, but has continued to serve for another two years with his extension scheduled to expire in September.
It is understood that the Police Commission has recommended another extension for him.
Hishammuddin asked why Malaysians are only focusing on one individual.
“We have made a lot of decisions on many positions, so why focus on only one? You can take it on record that sort of thing is not a question of one individual. Why focus on that position? I extend and we appoint everyday, but we work as a team,” he said.
A parliamentary roundtable was held last month and resolved with the unanimous support of Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers and NGO representatives who attended that Malaysia needs a new police chief for a safer Malaysia.
The roundtable also demanded that Musa should not be given a second renewal of his term of service as IGP in September after a previous two-year extension in 2007.
Hishammuddin stressed that he wants to concentrate on the bigger picture and not on individuals.
“I do not want to be caught up in the polemic of issues and individuals when we are moving as one family and one ministry looking at the bigger picture because if not we will get sidetracked. When the time comes, you will know,” he told reporters at the Home Ministry.
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