YOURSAY l ‘Now Malaysia has an IGP that has been found guilty of public misfeasance.’
Salt-n-light: Aminulrasyid Amzah was a young man. Fourteen years old with a full life ahead of him. He had a family and probably much loved.
Yet his life was ended in circumstances where the learned High Court judge ruled that the inspector-general of police (IGP) was culpable to some extent by the legal maxim/rules of 'respondeat superior' (i.e. liability of employers for employee actions).
When asked, it would not hurt for the IGP to express regret, even sadness for what happened to Aminulrasyid. Yet, the IGP dismissed it by saying that he would not apologise and saw no reason to apologise.
I don't know Aminulrasyid or his family. I am not a politician nor am I an activist. I am just an ordinary man-in-the-street with children of my own. I cannot fathom how the IGP, a man holding such high public office, can utter such careless, even hurtful words.
Thus, I feel sorrow for Aminulrasyid's family. I also feel sadness for IGP's family (and the PDRM) that they have someone in their midst who is unfeeling, uncaring, insensitive and, yes, arrogant.
Commentable: This is the kind of top cop that the force should be ashamed of. As a matter of professionalism, not only the IGP should apologise, he ought to tender his resignation too.
To his question "why would I want to apologise?", the answer flies in his face - that he has been found guilty by the court.
Ipohcrite: Personally, I never believed that the IGP would apologise or make some kind of conciliatory gesture towards Aminulrasyid's family.
After all, this is the man whose conduct in the case was described by the late High Court judge, VT Singham, as tantamount to suppressing evidence.
And his response to lawyer Eric Paulsen's apology call - “he's not my tauke” - confirms that he is devoid of humility and so full of himself.
Kalvin Rekhraj: Now Malaysia has an IGP that is found to be guilty of public misfeasance. The question is what other statements that he has given that were incorrect?
A boy's life was taken and in his capacity as the Selangor CPO (chief police officer) Khalid erred, however the sheer arrogance from him shows that he does not care about the public let alone the mother who has lost her son due to negligence from the police.
I agreed that the boy was driving without a licence and did not stop at the request of the police but to publicly go on record and state inaccuracies was wrong.
Any one person in power who knowingly misleads the public should take responsibility of his or her actions, but in Malaysia such people only care for their power and not the public.
RM2.6 Billion Turkey Haram: There is no point extracting an apology from a proud man. He has no empathy for the parents of the deceased.
He most probably has never felt the pains of losing a love one. Forget the apology from him, but remember that pride comes before a fall, Khalid.
HeTheMan: To say the IGP is insensitive would be a gross understatement. He cannot bring himself to apologise because he is downright arrogant.
He will regret having uttered those words. What sort of a top cop do we have?
Liujinzhong: He doesn’t care, does he? I suppose it is nice feeling that you are one in a special class of citizens. No need to even say sorry.
Fogbom: The Japanese take responsibility very seriously; that is why they were able to defeat the Russian Navy in 1906 and kick the British out of Malaya in 1941.
Japanese officials accept responsibility. They feel great shame and either kill themselves (because they cannot bear the shame) or resign their jobs.
The IGP and local officials "solve" the problem differently. They accept no responsibility! Thus, they feel no shame and just say curtly, "Why would I apologise?" even when a High Court judge has found them guilty of doing wrong.
They think they are above the law.
Anon1: When you are found guilty of misfeasance and negligence, more so when it results in the loss of life and family members grieve over such loss, you should be remorseful and sorry for your and your department's actions.
A true leader would apologise. Different rules however apply to thugs, triad leaders and gangsters because it's not in them to apologise.
Balap: Indeed, only a man with dignity and self-respect will apologise. Obviously, we can't expect that our IGP, or that matter from any of our ministers.
Negarawan: The IGP is trying to evade accountability for his own errors. He has done this before in the child custody case where he ignored a court order.
One day he may find his own children suffer the cruel fate of Aminulrasyid. Then let's see how he will react to a similar situation where his own family member is involved.
Shunyata: Shame on you, Khalid. First you allegedly lie blatantly about the victim whose life your force took, then in your ever-so-arrogant manner refuse to apologise to the family of the victim.
May the Force not be with you… -Mkini
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