THE clean-up of the police force as promised by Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador has seen 252 police officers detained and tested positive for drug use, Deputy Home Minister Azis Jamman told the Dewan Rakyat.

He said in a parliamentary written reply that officers found involved or guilty of drug offences will face disciplinary action.

Aziz’s reply was in response to a question by Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng on how many officers have been detained since Hamid took over and if they were still in service if they had committed an offence.

“According to the statistics of the Royal Malaysian Police, 252 officers and members of PDRM were detained and tested positive for drugs since Hamid was appointed as the inspector-general of police on May 23.

“PDRM takes this problem seriously. In relation to that, any members of the force found to have been involved or guilty of drug offences will face disciplinary action under The Public Officers (Conduct and Discipline) Regulations 1993,” he said.

Officers convicted could be sacked, demoted or terminated.

Officers may also be required by the Integrity and Standard Compliance Department (JIPS) to undergo a second blood and urine check up if their initial pathology test is negative.

JIPS has also conducted the MyPs programme, which is a rehabilitation programme organised by the Religion and Counselling Department, for officers who are involved in drug abuse but are not convicted in court due to negative urine and pathological reports. – November 12, 2019.