Trust us, IGP pleads over Nazri's son: Of course NOT - show CCTV footage first

Would you trust the police who insist that the son of Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nazri Aziz’s son did not assault a condo security guard? Of course NOT, said Pakatan Rakyat leaders.

"It is senseless for the IGP to make such a dramatic statement unless he has run out of excuses to make. You want the people to trust you, it is simple - just screen the video for the public to see. No doctoring or editing. Don't just take it as your natural right that the people must trust you when you have given them no reason to do so - instead the very opposite is true," PKR MP for Batu Tian Chua told Malaysia Chronicle.

Efficient and professional?

Tian was responding to a rather fatuous call from the Inspector General of Police Ismail Omar to believe in the authorities and not be biased against cops.

"In the last 10 years, you’ve seen how efficient and professional the authorities have been. Let’s not be prejudiced against the authorities,” Ismail had told a press conference on Monday.

Nazri's son, Mohamad Nedim, had been accused of beating up a security guard while his bodyguard held the man down. The bodyguard later lodged a police report admitting a scuffle had taken place between himself and the condo security but denied Nedim was involved.

However, that contradicted the guard's statement and CCTV footage that found its way to the public.

Even so, it did not stop Brickfields police chief Wan Abdul Bari from clearing Nedim of any wrongdoing. Bari's rush to clear Nedim drew immediate public fire, especially when some news portals had reported that the footage clearly showed Nedim assaulting the guard.

"It is clear now that the police may have tried to cover-up this case which involves a senior Umno Minister's son. The police must now explain why they had issued a statement absolving the Minister's son although the CCTV footage had implicated him," N Surendran, the PKR vice president, had said in a statement issued over the weekend.

Probe Bari for abuse of power

Surendran also demanded that an investigation be launched against Wan Abdul Bari for abuse of power and failure to carry out a fair and impartial investigation.

"We call upon the Home Minister and the IGP to publicly guarantee to the rakyat that the police force will act fairly and impartially in all cases, including those involving wrongdoing by UMNO-BN leaders or their family members," said Surendran.

This is not the first time Nedim has had a brush with the law. In 2004, he was also implicated in the killing of 23-year-old law student Darren Kang.

Malaysia Chronicle