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MALAYSIA: Deputy Home Minister Vs IGP: Where’s Abdullah???

As the day past, the credibility of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi decrease.

BN is lucky because the mainstream media is fully controlled.

 

Human capital that Abdullah strongly advocate has failed to gain support from the upper-level officials, and he can merely nodded to the situation.

 

The investigation has been carried out when the Deputy Minister being accused of receiving RM5 million corruption for releasing 3 triad leaders. However, there is no instruction from Abdullah to investigate the corruption case of Musa Hasan, the IGP when it was revealed in the internet.

 

To make it worst, Abdullah has renewed the IGP's contract with the justification of combating crime. The similarity can be seen through the renewals of the ACA Chief's contract by Abdullah even after receiving 3 corruption reports from the ACA high-level officer.

 

Abdullah's sensitivity in regard to corruption is obviously weak. His words such as "Tell me the truth" and "Don't be apple polisher", has gone with the "Monsoon Cup" wind.

 

When Abdullah was asked about the 600 pages report (probably taken from 8 big boxes that Ezam has mentioned before in regard to the misuse of power) on the corruption of a Minister, Abdullah shamelessly said that he has not read the report.

 

Based on Abdullah's response to the media, it can be seen that he is not aware with the increased number of corruption cases. The subordinate under Abdullah's administration are only interested in searching for wealth and this shows the failure of Abdullah's policy of Islam Hadhari.

 

The question now, how is Abdullah going to position himself in determining the wrongdoer between Johari and Musa?

 

The ACA report that Johari initiated on Musa Hasan is an official act. Has he obtained the permission from Abdullah who is also the Home Affairs Minister before he made the report in view of the IGP's contract has just being renewed recently?

 

Does Musa no need to resign even though the Home Affairs Ministry officers have lodged a report to ACA against him? This has shown the disbelief sentiment from Home Affairs Ministry to the IGP. What will be the response of Abdullah if Johari did not inform him before lodging the report? Does it show that Johari didn't have trust in Abdullah? Johari's action has manifested that he does not respect the decision of Abdullah to renew Musa's contract.

 

If this is the case, will Abdullah sack his Deputy?

 

If Abdullah was informed about the lodged report against Musa, what is the rational for him to renew Musa's contract in view that the report has been lodged? Isn't that the contract of Musa should be postponed and let the investigation on corruption report to go on? This has shown the inability of Abdullah in carrying out his job.

 

This is not about the reputation of Musa Hasan or Johari. This is the reputation of Abdullah and the BN government.

 

This is a crisis. Musa or Johari should be sack or resign.

 

Find more detail on this issue from: Please, IGP, explain this!

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