Top cop slams bias claim by Chinese daily

The screenshot of Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar's tweet over Sin Chew's article.Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar today slammed Chinese daily, Sin Chew, for purportedly claiming that police were biased in their actions against crime.

Khalid took to his Twitter account to hit out at the paper, which carried an article about his men's swift action in apprehending suspects in a snatch theft case, whose victim was a personnel in the force.

"Tiada pilih kasih dlm tindakan @PDRMsia terhadap jenayah ragut. Akhbar ini jgn lah cuba mengapi api kan pembaca!" the IGP said in a caption with a screenshot of the offending article. (Translation: "There is no prejudice in the police's action on snatch theft cases. This newspaper should not incite readers"').

Sin Chew had put up the story on its Facebook account with a caption reading: "Yet another snatch theft case, but this case was solved swiftly."

Malaysiakini reported that the daily later apologised to the police over the post, but said it was not its intention to suggest police were biased in the case.

"The status was not meant to question whether police were biased in its investigation. It was to show the positive attitude of the police in handling the case and highlight their efficiency.

"This was proven when police solved many important cases in a short period of time recently," it said.

- TMI