05-01-2021, 09:16 AM
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PETALING JAYA: The public dispute between the home minister and the inspector-general of police has prompted a former MP to remark that a breakdown in authority is apparent.
Tawfik Ismail, who was Sungai Benut MP from 1986 to 1990, said home minister Hamzah Zainudin was showing he had little respect for outgoing top cop Abdul Hamid Bador or little confidence in his ability to run the force and in his commitment to reforming it.
He spoke to FMT of the division of roles between the two in the law and order system. “The police have the responsibility to enforce while the minister has to reply to the public if anything untoward happens.”
He also said the dispute showed there was a personality clash between the two.
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