PETALING JAYA: If you are innocent, clear your name with the police.
Until such time, police will not let up and will continue to publish the names
of lawyers whose cases have been left "hanging in the air".
This was the message from the nation’s top cop to 25 lawyers
whose names, pictures and addresses were published recently.
The lawyers were wanted for criminal cases, including criminal breach of trust.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan defended the move to release the
details saying there had been a long delay in solving the cases, some of which
dated back more than two years.
"We only published the details as we could not solve the cases because we could
not find them," he said at the district police headquarters here yesterday after
the launch of a nationwide courtesy campaign for policemen in collaboration with
the Culture, Arts and Heritage Ministry.
Musa said most of the lawyers were believed to have left the
country.
He said there should not be a problem, as the investigation was conducted on the
request of the Bar Council.
"They sent us a letter with a list of names and police report numbers. We
investigated and found that some of the lawyers listed are involved in the
misappropriation of money given by their clients.
"So there shouldn’t be a problem as this is just a report from police to the Bar
Council as the people named are on the list of lawyers with the Bar Council,"
said Musa.
Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department director Datuk Ramli Yusuf
said a representative from the Bar Council had come to see him recently.
"But it is not the representative that should come forward as we only want to
talk to and take down the statements of the lawyers whose names and pictures we
had released," Ramli said.
On the possibility that some of the lawyers may take legal action against the
police for publishing their details, he said: "I am just doing my job.
"Let them do it (take legal action) as I am not afraid."
Earlier, Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim launched
the courtesy campaign titled Mesra dan Senyum (Smile and be Friendly).
The campaign encourages policemen to be courteous when interacting with the
public.
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