The police have been questioned for zeal in going after those who had purportedly stomped on pictures of prominent leaders by offering a reward for information, but not showing similar determination in the probe into the RM42 billion 1MDB scandal.
"How is it that such a trivial incident, even if it is an alleged crime, demands more urgency from the police than the multi-billion ringgit scams committed in the RM42 billion 1MDB scandal?" asked Petaling Jaya MP Tony Pua.
"I filed in March a very detailed police report on the highly dubious transactions between 1MDB, PetroSaudi and Jho Low with billions of ringgit from 1MDB siphoned to Good Star Limited, a company controlled by Jho Low.
"However to date, none of the key protagonists in the scandal involving funds guaranteed by the federal government have been investigated.
"There is no warrant of arrest for the missing Jho Low, nor any information offered for information leading to his capture," said Pua in a statement today.
Likewise, he said the police have not even bothered to question Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak over the RM2.6 billion, which mysteriously appeared in his personal bank accounts.
"Such absence of urgency has made Malaysia the laughingstock of the world as demonstrated in the recently concluded International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) in Putrajaya," he said.
Double standards
Pua was referring to police's announcement yesterday offering a reward for information on the individuals who stepped on photographs of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang at the Bersih 4 rally last weekend.
"There is no question that stomping on a leader's face is rude, uncalled for and unacceptable. Such actions should not be a part of our political or social culture.
"However, the decision by the police to offer a financial reward for information with regards to the incident is outrageous and smacks of double standards," he said.
Pua added that opposition leaders have also had their posters stomped on or burnt in the past, but police had done nothing about it.
He also questioned the police's claim that the incident at Bersih 4 had caused public disorder.
"The over-the-top action by the police is completely ridiculous as there have been no signs of public disorder in the one week since the alleged incident.
"We call upon the Royal Malaysian Police to uphold its professionalism and prioritise investigations against the real crimes against Malaysians.
"They should stop making a mockery of the police by pursuing ridiculously trivial incidents at the whims and fancies of the ruling government, bent on suppressing any forms of dissent," he said.
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