Ex-con: I paid cops RM50,000 monthly
A former drug pusher claimed he paid between RM30,000 and RM50,000 a month to the police in Negeri Sembilan and Malacca for information on police stakeouts.
G Lavendran, FMT
“If I receive information that the police are going to hold a stakeout, I would put the (drug) business on hold and go into hiding until they tell me it is safe again,” he claimed.
The former drug pusher said this in an interview with FMT in the presence of anti-crime watchdog MyWatch chairman R Sri Sanjeevan in a secret location recently. He refused to be identified or shown in a video interview for fear of repercussion.
He claimed he had been in the drug syndicate for about three years, pushing drugs with the help of the police.
He was arrested and jailed two years under the Drugs Prevention Act in 2005.
“I have not been in the business ever since I got out. It is time to turn over a new leaf and I am now running my own business,” he said.
“But I often receive phone calls from top cops I used to work with, asking me to start pushing drugs again. They say there are new ways to evade the law and they will ensure my safety this time around,” he added.
Other than paying a lump sum each month, he claimed that the police would call him daily requesting for cash ranging in the thousands.
“Every time they need money, they will call me. I’ve even paid for family holidays for top cops and given ‘ang-pau’ for every festive season,” he said.
“On occasions, I would treat them at nightclubs and discotheques. They would also requests for the latest mobile phones and apparel. I have no choice but to comply as I need to keep the syndicate in business,” he added.
‘Syabu for cops’
The former drug pusher also alleged that a handful of policemen would call him daily requesting for methamphetamine, known locally as syabu for their own consumption.
“There are drug addicts in the police force and they will call me daily to supply them with syabu.
“This means I must always have stock to meet their needs or they will turn against me,” he claimed.
The reformed man said he bought the drugs for about RM10,000 and sold it for double the amount.
“Each pusher can earn up to RM100,000 a month and the syndicate consists of about 10 men.
“Sometimes the police even conduct raids and seize our drugs, only to be sold back to us at a higher cost. That’s why you only see huge drug busts on the news, the smaller ones are all covered up,” he added.
