Stop the use of Special Branch for political purposes, says DAP MP

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PETALING JAYA: DAP’s Charles Santiago has called on the prime minister and the Police Force Commission to put an end to the practice of using the Special Branch for political purposes.

“Otherwise, the erosion of confidence in the police force will prevail,” the Klang MP said in a short statement.

Santiago also said former inspector-general of police Abdul Hamid Bador had confirmed what had long been suspected, that the Special Branch was being misused by politicians.

He was responding to Hamid’s claim that the home minister attempted to install a new Special Branch director to gain better control over the division.

Hamid said the plan had been to ensure that the Special Branch would be more agreeable to following directives from the home ministry.

He also said minister Hamzah Zainudin had forced the Special Branch to conduct several operations for its own political purposes.


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