Heed IGP’s call and investigate party hopping, MACC told

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PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) should heed the call by outgoing inspector-general of police (IGP) Abdul Hamid Bador and investigate elected representatives who “party hopped”, says an anti-graft group.

Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) believes that the IGP is aware of some wrongdoing and was implying that money politics could be involved to get these politicians to change their allegiance.

“Politicians who ‘party hopped’ have betrayed the trust of the voters.

“They are in their positions because of the people’s support, so they should do their work and serve the people, not their own interests,” TI-M president Muhammad Mohan told FMT.

Meanwhile, Klang MP Charles Santiago said he supports the idea of the MACC investigating politicians who “party hopped”.

Santiago said there must be a national effort to overcome this systemic problem as otherwise Malaysia would become a failed nation.

“This is a problem Malaysia has to deal with and a concerted effort is needed to stop this,” he said.

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