KOTA BARU: Police today (Thursday) warned its officers,particularly those stationed along the Malaysia-Thailand border, against abetting with smuggling syndicates.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said the police would not interfere if its officers came under investigation by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for illegal activities.
"I want to remind all police officers not to break the law and always follow their disciplinary orders.
"They must maintain their integrity and not be involved in any immoral activities, such as being in cahoots with those involved in diesel smuggling or other sort of corruption.
"I will not tolerate this and will not stop MACC from carrying out its job. Police will give its full cooperation to the agency if there are any officers involved in wrongdoings," he added.
Razarudin said this after witnessing the handing over of the state police chief's duties from Datuk Muhamad Zaki Harun to deputy state police chief Deputy Commissioner of Police Mohd Ali Tamby here today.
Ali was appointed as acting state police chief in place of Zaki, who would be retiring on Aug 31.
Recently, a director of an enforcement agency was reportedly arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of accepting bribes to protect a diesel smuggling syndicate.
(https://www.nst.com.my/news/crime-courts/2024/08/1097551/diesel-smugglin...)
The suspect attached to an enforcement agency in Kuching was detained at the Sarawak office of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission at 6.20pm.
The suspect, in his 40s, is believed to have accepted bribes from the syndicate as an inducement to not take action against diesel smuggling in Sibu.
The arrest came after the MACC special operations division conducted Op Liter at an oil storage depot in Sungai Bidut, Sibu, last Sunday.