Suggestions for the new IGP


  • Letters
  • Monday, 06 May 2019

ON Labour Day, May 1, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad confirmed that acting deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Abdul Hamid Bador, 61, will succeed Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun as the nation’s top policeman.

Based on my observations, in Malaysia today these are, arguably, the two most important and toughest jobs in the public service: The IGP and the head of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

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