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KUALA LUMPUR: More than 60 police officers, including an Assistant Superintendent, and personnel from the narcotics department have been suspended, demoted or transferred in a nationwide clean-up exercise.
Some were alleged to have close links with drug syndicates while others were said to be complacent and shoddy in their investigations.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said the order to remove them with immediate effect was part of his efforts to clean up the force.
It is learnt that more than 40 officers and men are from the Johor police contingent while the remaining are from the Kuala Lumpur and Penang police contingents.
"If there is evidence to charge any of them, we will do so. They have had ample warnings.
"The shake-up has been ongoing for almost two months and a task force is going around the country and identifying those who are giving us a bad name," he said.
It is learnt that all those who had disciplinary action taken against them and transferred to other duties would be required to attend a "refresher" course and counselling to get them back on track and to do real police work.
Musa said that besides transferring more than 40 police officers and personnel, they also ordered the detention of three detectives under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1985 (Special Preventive Measures).
Several others, including an Assistant Superintendent, have also been suspended for their alleged "close links" with suspected syndicate members.
The shake-up in Johor started after the theft of more than RM1mil of syabu from the state police headquarters' evidence room.
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