Waiting for IGP to act is like waiting for a cat to grow horns

YOURSAY | ‘‘Saya ikut perintah dari atas’ will be the moral death of Kangkungland.’

Why aren’t cops pouncing on auditor-general’s 1MDB admission?

Kim Quek: Our Twitter-famed inspector-general of police (IGP) could strike with the speed of lightning by ordering instant police action through his Twitter, but only over trivial matters like someone mocking a leader in the Internet. On the gravest of crime like billions of public funds being stolen, he would remain strangely inert.

The billions claimed to have originated from 1MDB have so aggravated the international money-laundering scene that a multitude of jurisdictions around the world are hot on the heel of the culprits.

And yet, right at the epicentre, our IGP seems to have acted like the proverbial monkey who sees no evil, hears no evil and speaks no evil.

Despite hard evidence galore of these crimes, and despite numerous police reports lodged over more than one year, our police seem to be unmoved. No news of probes, no suspect, no culprit and no apprehension.

Has the world gone bonkers over 1MDB, or has the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) gone into slumber? Is the 1MDB furore a figment of the imagination and an opposition plot to topple PM Najib Razak as he always claims, or is it the greatest financial disaster ever befallen Malaysia?

I think the people know the answer, but the real question is, what would they do about it? Would they rather maintain the status quo or will they decide to break with the past and go for sweeping changes?

Aries46: Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua, imploring IGP Khalid Abu Bakar to uncover the 1MDB heist of the century is akin to flogging a dead horse.

It looks like he has been told to stick his tail in and sit tight. It appears so because it is out of character of our ever-ready IGP, who springs into action the moment he spots what he constitutes as an unfavourable or offensive tweet.

Monty: Someone should perhaps advise the IGP as well as other law enforcers including the attorney-general (AG) that failure to act on known offences makes them culpable in these acts that result in losses of billions of ringgit to the country.

The IGP can hide only for a time. In the end, he must be answerable to the people. And Najib may not be around to bail him out.

The IGP's powers come from the Agong, not from the PM. Surely even he must know this.

Benghazi: The police are waiting for orders from above, Pua. So, that being the case, you will have to wait until the cat grows horns, just like the Malay idiom, ‘Tunggu kucing bertanduk'.

Aktan: It is no use to condemn the PDRM. No words can describe their present actions. By the way, do all the personnel in PDRM agree with their chiefs?

There are some who are true to their religion and may think that what is wrong must not be tolerated. Perhaps one fine day, some will stand up.

Anonymous #19098644: They haven't even called up flamboyant tycoon Jho Low who spent RM1.2 billion buying art pieces and has now sold them at a big loss?

Which Malaysian can afford to spend or even have RM1.2 billion? Where did this money come from? Who is protecting and the crooks and hindering the investigation?

Just a Malaysian: I lived in Petaling Jaya and there are stretches of road where policemen allegedly used to hide and ‘ambush’ errant drivers.

They are very efficient at catching decent rakyat making illegal U-turns, etc. I always see loads of them frantically ‘writing’ summonses. Such efficiency must be admired.

Shovelnose: A total overhaul is required of the constitution and public institutions, as has been demanded by many in the past.

Don't go for mini steps. Push for an independent caretaker government while the laws are all rewritten, with full consultation with the public.

Fairnsquare: When the time comes, all those who did not do their duty reasonably expected of them will have to face justice.

Those who have taken an oath of allegiance to the country in front of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong can and will be charged. It is just a matter of time.

Kingfisher: One is obviously left wandering in the tardy aspect of the IGP’s reaction about investigating as reported. However, he may be meticulously collating information pertinent to the AG's findings and this should take some reasonable time.

His reputation for quick action on a number of matters of policing will not stand him in good stead in this instance though, considering the seriousness of this particular criminal investigation.

The IGP, it is understood by the public, has an institutional reputation to safeguard and he will evidently not compromise, lest there arises suspicion of complicity and beneficiary of wrongdoings.

We must retain faith and trust in him to do right by the nation.

Bloodymary: The often heard phrase, "Saya ikut perintah dari atas," will be the moral death of Kangkungland.

Gaji Buta: Well, we could collect a million signatures to pressure them to get to work, since this approach has proven extremely effective in the Citizens’ Declaration. -Mkini