Transparency or theatre? Police and MACC on trial By R Nadeswaran

Malaysiakini : COMMENT | The reputation of two premier enforcement agencies – the police and the MACC – lies in tatters, battered and under siege.

Loud voices from lawyers, civil society groups, and ordinary citizens have been met not with accountability but with denials, deflections, and silence.

The police, already stained by past controversies, now face fresh accusations of extra-judicial killing in Durian Tunggal, Malacca.

Three men were shot dead, and the official narrative of “self-defence” has been directly challenged by an audio recording submitted by the wife of one of the victims. Yet beyond this, silence reigns.

But the audio, which was recorded by the wife of one of the victims, is critical evidence that captures the final moments before the men were shot dead on Nov 24.

Into this void steps Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, instructing Inspector-General of Police Khalid Ismail to conduct a “transparent” probe. His words are noble, but they ring hollow.

Anwar’s call for transparency is like standing in a dark room and declaring, “Let there be light.” Words alone do not flip the switch – you need to wire the bulb, connect the circuit, and turn it on.

But what does “transparent” mean in practice? And more critically, how independent can an investigation be when the police are tasked with probing their own officers, only to submit the findings to the minister who oversees them?

Salvage Malaysia : My observation is quite simple. I see PMX and PH compromising on many things relating to govt agencies just to buy their hearts and get their votes. 

Today under this fake Reformasi govt, MACC, PDRM, AGC and now even JAC have come under heavy criticisms and a huge trust deficit from Rakyat. PH fought how bad Najib was then. 

Today, they are equally as bad if not worse than Najib’s time. Deception doesn’t last long. Why haven’t these PH fellas learn from history?

CITIZEN : How can MACC reveal the contents of the tape from Albert's house? That is really asking for too much when they have to protect "my brother did it". 

Was Albert's crime of such magnitude that it warranted commando style attack with weapons? Were the marauders also simultaneously ordered to kill Albert or do a Pastor Koh on him. 

After all this is a gorment boleh nation run by trigger happy law ENFORCERS who only believe in law and disorder. Were not these armed ROBBERS supplied with immobilisation sprays or do they only release gas from their posterior end.

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