Can the police be trusted to investigate the MACC?

This article is written by Raj Kumar, the son of the late Tenggaroh state assemblyman S Krishnasamy, who was allegedly shot by a hitman as he was entering the lift in the state MIC (Malaysian Indian Congress)building.

Until now, Raj Kumar and his family has still not gotten the answers they deserve from the police. Can we trust the police to investigate MACC and others involved in Teo Beng Hock’s case?

You know the answer. Thank you, Raj, for this article that I just wanted to share with my readers. A kind of solidarity message for Teo and his family.

hi,
Like many of you, i read the news of Mr.Teoh with so much anger and frustration. He should not have died that way. He was just at the brink of a new life. He had someone waiting for him, he had his parents thinking about him, he had friends who shared common thoughts with him. He was not a street criminal, he was not a person with countless criminal records. He was serving the public thru his employment with Stateman Ean. Yet, why did he end up dead like this?

Many questions pop up when i read about the death of Mr.Teoh. why was he interrogated till 3.45am in the morning? What was the case about? I know even murder suspects do not get interrogated like this. In fact they get released in the middle of the night and one even got a high ranking government job after that. In this case, was it because Mr.Teoh was with an opposition State Legislativer?

And why would someone want to sleep in the MACC(Malaysian Anti - Corruption Commision) office after being interrogated when he had his car right below? Wouldn’t he want to call his fiancee or his boss or friends? What happened to his phone? If he was too tired or weak, shouldn’t the officer at MACC helped Mr.Teoh to call his boss? Instead, they allowed him to sleep on the couch? I find the story a bit hard to swallow.

Again, I am sure we will go through the same process, where people will make noise and the police will drag or postpone the case till everyone forgets about it. Then little by little, whatever evidence will go missing. The suspects(if there are any) will get away free. Finally, police will come up and say that there are no suspects and the police have done a very satisfactory job.

First of all, how can the police be trusted to investigate another agency when the police themselves have very poor record of solving crimes? Just look at the unsolved cases in the last 2 years only, please dont see any further than 2 years( you will be utterly disgusted). There are tonnes of them unsolved or closed under very shady circumstances. Moreover, police and MACC reports to the same boss. The police must be free from all forms of ties to the suspects. That is why we need the IPCMC(Independent Police Complaint and Misconduct Commision). Now who is going to investigate the MACC?

Can we trust our police to do it? How do we know that police did a “great” job? How do we know that police did not cover up? How can we even believe a single word that comes out from the police when all their actions have been questionable?

I hope all the leaders will get to the very bottom of this case. Please do not let the police lie to us anymore.