Fuzi facing the chop for failing to act on 1MDB scandal

Muzliza Mustafa Muzliza Mustafa Updated 5 years ago · Published on 11 Jun 2018 6:45PM · 12 Comments

Inspector-General of Police Mohd Fuzi Harun is accused of dereliction of duty with regard to the 1MDB scandal. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, June 11, 2018.

INSPECTOR-GENERAL of Police Mohd Fuzi Harun is likely to be sacked because of failure to act on the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal, a highly placed government source said.

“It’s a case of dereliction of duty,” the source, confirming a shake-up in the police force.

Fuzi has been IGP for nine months. He replaced Khalid Abu Bakar who retired last year. Khalid is now on a travel ban list as Putrajaya ramps up its investigation into allegations of corruption and abuse of power by former top civil servants.

It is not known if Fuzi has received his termination letter but he will join the ranks of other top-ranking officers who have either resigned or told to leave by the new Pakatan Harapan government for failing to act on the 1MDB scandal.

Former Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief Dzulkifli Ahmad resigned on May 14, five days after PH swept into power.

Dzulkifli, 52, was appointed as MACC chief two years ago on August 1, 2016.

He replaced Abu Kassim Mohamed, who was in the task force investigating the 1MDB scandal. The task force was dismantled by former prime minister Najib Razak.

Dzulkifli was also caught in a controversy last year when a series of videos emerged alleging that he had an affair with a married woman.

Former attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali’s service was terminated on June 5 and he was replaced by Tommy Thomas. 

On May 14, the same day Dzulkifli tendered his resignation, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced that Apandi had been asked to go on leave.

Apandi, who took office as A-G on July 27, 2015, cleared Najib of any wrongdoing in the 1MDB scandal in 2016.

The Straits Times reported earlier today that Fuzi will be the first officer to get the chop and that other top brass will face a similar fate in a major shake-up of the police force.

The shake-up will also see three departments in the police force shut down next month. They are the task force for anti-vice, gaming and gangsterism, special task force on organised crime and special tactical intelligence narcotics group.

The Malaysian Insight is awaiting a response from the Home Ministry over this development and the replacement for Fuzi. – June 11, 2018.

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Comments

  • Aiyoo anither ketuanan's fella kena chop

    Posted 5 years ago by Leslie Chan · Reply

  • Aiyoo anither ketuanan's fella kena chop

    Posted 5 years ago by Leslie Chan · Reply

  • Appoint Singh Is King as the Emperor of Police

    Posted 5 years ago by Chris Ng · Reply

  • Get rid of the whole lot of them. They are all tainted.

    Posted 5 years ago by Anthony Long · Reply

  • I laud the new government for their action. It has been a month. As RAKYAT we would like to see some form of "mini closures". All these rhetoric is dramatic but where is the actual action? May we someone in orange or pink? Accusations after accusations but still no charge!

    Posted 5 years ago by Shankar Shanmugam · Reply

  • Please prevent these type of yes men appointments in the future. I'm sure legislation can be put in place to strengthen the institutions in the country to separate them from the executive branch of the government and make the other truly a public service, not another arm of the incumbent to strike fear into people who put them into power.

    Posted 5 years ago by Shovel Nose · Reply

  • He will still have his pension.

    Posted 5 years ago by Henry Mancini Jr · Reply

  • Amar Singh is the best person to be new IGP cos he is very senior n a cop of exemplary conduct. Hope he is appointed.

    Posted 5 years ago by Ramakrishnan Thangavelu · Reply

  • Rats and snakes from the same pot. Why is Apandi so quiet these days when Najib is being charged with 1MDB wrong doings?

    Posted 5 years ago by Roger 5201 · Reply

  • PH PLS CHECK OUT ALL THE RESTORAN FOOD ARE STILL EXPENSIVE...A BOWL OF COST ARD 7 TO 8 RM IT'S TOO TOUGH

    Posted 5 years ago by Benny Chong · Reply

  • Ops! Sorry it's a bowl of noodle

    Posted 5 years ago by Benny Chong · Reply

  • Six months down the line... Fuzi's still here!

    Posted 5 years ago by Antares Maitreya · Reply