OF all the units of the police force, its Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has the highest number of corruption cases, Inspector-General of Police Fuzi Harun said.

Fuzi also said that elements of graft were present in nearly every department of the police force. 

“Almost every department has graft cases – the highest number of which was in the Criminal Investigation Department and the lowest in the Special Branch Department,” Fuzi said at Bukit Aman today.

The CID unit is known for tackling vice and gambling syndicates.

Earlier, Fuzi urged his men to continue fighting corruption at the police’s monthly meeting.

Fuzi said based on Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission statistics, 149 police personnel were arrested for corruption last year.

In 2016, he said 179 officers were detained for graft while this year, 926 personnel were penalised by the Bukit Aman Integrity and Standard Compliance Department (JIPS).

“I am frustrated and disappointed with my men involved in corruption. Although there has been a slight decline in the numbers from last year, we are still trying to improve.

“I can’t tolerate corruption, especially among my men. It gives the police force a bad image and most of those involved are front-liners, such as traffic officers and investigation officers in various crime departments.

“There will be no tolerance (of corruption) in the future. We will take stern action, as we have been, not just against low-ranking personnel but against state police chiefs and district police chiefs,” Fuzi said.  

Fuzi, however, declined to name top cops involved in corruption or how many high-ranking officers had been disciplined.

“I won’t name them and tell you how many but we have taken action against them. This involves state police chiefs and district chiefs,” he said.

The most notable recent case involves Gombak police chief Ali Ahmad, who was transferred with immediate effect for failing to act against gambling dens in Rawang.

Fuzi said his police force had received the highest number of complaints among the country’s security agencies.

“I admit that the police received a lot of complaints. We are the highest in comparison to other security agencies and I am not proud of it.

“That is why we are serious about corruption cases among our own and this time, we will be more forceful in our approach.” – August 14, 2018.