Of course guns end up at sea… they get lost in toilets first!
(fz.com) – The 44 missing guns highlighted in the Auditor-General’s Report 2012 are not lost at sea as claimed by the police top brass but in toilets, among other places.
In a written reply today, Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said instances resulting in missing guns were:
– A gun left in the police car was stolen when it was broken into;
– Cases of snatch theft or robbery;
– Misplaced; and
– Lost in the office.
However, seven of the 44 guns have been recovered, said Ahmad Zahid, adding that the type of guns missing were pistols and revolvers.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar had reasoned that the lost firearm could have fallen into the sea in response to fiery criticism that the men in blues are negligent.
He also defended saying that the guns were imprinted a unique identification code and police have not come across any report of their missing weapons being used in any crime.
The national audit stated that the guns worth RM1.3 million went missing between 2010 and 2012.
Ahmad Zahid was replying to Tian Chua (PKR-Batu) who asked on the action taken against police personnel for losing the guns.
Ahmad Zahid said the police force had formed an investigation committee to probe on the missing assets and submitted recommendations to avoid it from recurring.
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