YOURSAY ‘In any other country, the IGP would have had to step down by now.’

IGP hammered left and right over middle path

Tell The Truth: This is another act of lawlessness! It is becoming clear that Umno and the institutions that it controls are becoming a law unto themselves. Therefore there is no need to for any courts to exist.

Is this country heading towards anarchy? Will fence-sitters and the silent majority allow this to continue?

Vijay47: Apart from the intricacies of the case themselves, it appears that the religion of the principal enforcing agent, one Khalid Abu Bakar, has also crept in to muddy the waters further. 

I will of course support the stand of "Religion before Government, God before Ruler". But there seem to be insinuations that if this Khalid Abu Bakar executes his statutory duties - here I use the word 'execute' in its figurative rather than the more familiar literal essence - he would somehow be acting against the requirements of his Islamic faith. 

On the contrary, he would be actually be conducting himself as demanded by his religion - that he honour and carry out fairly the duties imposed by his office. 

It is where he fails to do so that he himself sullies his own religion. By all means, Khalid Abu Bakar, be a Muslim first, but that includes due performance of the post you hold. Nobody is asking you to eat Cadbury chocolates.

Headhunter: The IGP (inspector-general of police) is totally confused. He's supposed to enforce the law but instead he thinks he's the law.

Power has gone to his head such that he can trample the courts. He's become a loose cannon and PM Najib Razak should do the right thing by sacking him immediately.

Rikk: In any other country, Khalid would have had to step down by now. In any other country, he wouldn't have dared behave in this manner.

Doc: I think it is about time Khalid update the Malaysian public on the current functions of the police force.

Malaysians are under the impression that the PDRM (Royal Malaysian Police) is supposed to preform functions like carry out courts orders, catch crooks, prevent crime, stop corruption, keep the peace and so forth.

It seems to me and most Malaysians think those criteria or SOPs (standard operating procedures) have changed. Nowadays police rarely go out to catch crooks unless the crooks drop out of the sky and land into the police cell by themselves.

Khalid, any plans to sue the media for making you out to be a idiot for your inaction in carry out the court’s directive to return the child in question to her mother?

Gggg: As a product of the new Malaysia, Khalid would say religion first. Even PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar once said that she was bound by her religious duty first and foremost.

Non-Muslims must understand this before asking the IGP to do something which would put him in conflict of loyalty to the official religion of the Federation which he belongs to.

Look it another way, Palestine is fighting for their homeland and so too was the Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka. They are many Tamils in Malaysia who have relatives in Sri Lanka and unlike Muslims here who have no blood connection to Palestine.

And yet the Tamils of Malaysia remain detached about the war and massacre there except expressing their sadness in private. In the case of being a Muslim, they are duty bound to see the liberation of Palestine.

It is better to understand the IGP's predicament then making more noise without any solution. Family conflict is messy and the spouse would use whatever means to achieve their objective.

Anonymous #44199885: Hello, it is the duty of the police to enforce the law and that includes court orders.

It is not for the police to exercise any discretion as to the exercise of a court order, nor does the Federal Constitution nor the Police Act allow or permit the police to decide on a course of action inconsistent with the decision of a court of law.

The police are not the judiciary or legislative body nor a branch of either of them. Parliamentary democracy and constitutional law is under threat if the decision of the IGP as reported is indeed true.

If this continues, foreign investors will have no confidence in our democratic system and the judiciary and it no wonder that under the TPPA (Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement), investors want the right of adjudication against a sovereign state brought before an international body.

Anonymous #45527285: IGP, it is not within the police purview to determine which order is right or wrong in regards to custody and conversion cases. Leave that to the Attorney-General’s Chambers.

If it is a lawful order then the police are legally required to comply. The civil courts have overruled the decision of the syariah courts pertaining to those issues raised during the hearings.

It is now for the syariah authorities and the AG’s Chambers to legally dispute and challenge the civil courts’ decision. Let me remind you that it is not for the police to determine the correctness of the ruling and apply your unfounded logic to use your discretion.

Let the affected parties pursue this matter in the appropriate forum whether through appeal, injunction or whatsoever.

You are just a civil servant entrusted to uphold the law. Your duty is to act according to the law and the law alone. Set aside your sympathetic discretion and just comply with the order.

Voiceless: I think the IGP has come up with a brilliant idea. From now on, all divorcing couples have no need to waste money and the court's time fighting costly custody battles; just send the children to childcare centres.

Then both parents can visit their children any time they like, fair and square. How come no one ever thought of this before?

Ratbatblue: There is no controversy here, or there should not be any: The PDRM come under the Home Ministry, so Khalid’s superior is the home minister.

The courts of law in a country dispense justice to all those in that country and punishment/decisions made by the judges running these institutions are binding, some pending appeals.

It is the duty of the police force to carry out the orders of the courts. The High/Appellate/Federal Courts are the highest authorities of justice in the land.

Khalid by refusing to follow or obey the orders of this highest authority is in contempt of court, and should be punished accordingly just like any other citizen. There is no necessity of bringing his religious belief into his matter.

ACR: I would like to think that a person's religious belief should not come in the way of him discharging his duties with probity, especially when it concerns public office.

The problem in this country is that Islam has been politicised to such a great extent that some in public office defer to right-wing pressure to appear politically correct.

Is the right-wing the middle ground now?

IGP takes law into own hands while AG’s sleeping

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