Khairy and Anwar argue over police oversight
Khairy Jamaluddin today accused Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim of playing the race card when the Parliamentary opposition leader said the government used race as an excuse to scrap the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC).
While debating on the Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC) Bill in the Dewan Rakyat, Anwar alleged that the the Barisan Nasional
(BN) government had wanted to scrap the IPCMC in order to “protect Malay police officers”.
Anwar said the government had tried to play the race card to conceal the truth behind the rejection of the idea, that the IPCMC would implicate top rank officers whom Anwar alleged were corrupt.
But Khairy denied that any BN lawmakers had ever argued that the reason for rejecting the IPCMC was because of the reason given by Anwar but was because many police officers felt the idea would demoralise them.
“You are the first to say that the IPCMC was rejected to protect Malay officers. We from the BN side have never once say that. You are the one playing the race issue here.”
Anwar, however, said he did not want to argue with Khairy but said that it was BN leaders themselves who told him about it after having conversations with them.
“I don’t want to argue with you but I spoke to some of your friends,” quipped Anwar.
