KUALA LUMPUR, 28 March 2023 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has requested the Attorney-General (AG) to relook into the proposal to set up an independent body to investigate and take action on all complaints, accusations and misconduct involving enforcement agencies.
Anwar said this is to ensure that enforcement agencies do not conduct their own investigations into any cases or complaints received involving its officers or personnel.
He said the enforcement agencies include the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM), Royal Malaysian Customs Department, Immigration Department and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
“I have asked the AG to relook into the initial proposal so that there is a mechanism for all enforcement agencies. If there are special charges against MACC, immigration, police or customs officers, then there should be an independent body (to investigate), (maybe) in the form of a commission, I’m not sure yet.
“There has already been an instruction to the AG to submit a proposal so that these enforcement agencies do not investigate on their own, but there should be another independent body to do so.
“I don’t think this matter is complicated because there is already a preliminary proposal,” he said during the Minister’s Question Time in the Dewan Rakyat today.
He said this in reply to a supplementary question from Gobind Singh Deo (PH-Damansara) on the government’s measures to ensure that investigations against officers of enforcement bodies such as the MACC are carried out independently.
— BERNAMA
