Home Minister backs police chief on missing guns excuse
(TMI) – Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has stood by his police chief who had earlier contended that the 44 guns which had gone missing could have have fallen into the sea.
“Yes, it could have… during operations,” Ahmad Zahid (pic) told reporters at the Parliament lobby today.
He was asked to comment on Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar’s statement yesterday about the missing guns, which the 2012 Auditor General’s Report revealed were among the lost police equipment worth RM1.3 million between 2010 and last year.
The equipment included 44 firearms and 29 vehicles.
Opposition politicians, in particular DAP’s Teresa Kok, jumped at the findings, and connected the missing guns to the recent spike in violent crimes involving firearms.
The Home Minister however agreed that the police force needed to be beefed up and strengthened in the wake of the revelation.
Yesterday, Khalid, in dismissing speculation that the guns could have fallen into the hands of criminals, said they could have fallen into the sea.
