EAIC Chief Removed But No Successor

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Just as we had predicted in the previous commentary, three weeks ago about the ineffectiveness of the Enforcement Agencies Integrity Commission (EAIC) and the number of grievances of EAIC which has been put forward by its chief executive officer Nor Afizah Hanum Mokhtar, she has been shown to the exit door today.

Nor Afizah has been removed from EAIC as a CEO with immediate effect and transferred to a non-grade position in the Attorney-General's Chamber (AGC). The transfer notice did not specify the reason of her removal or what actual position she would assume in the AGC as it only stated an instruction to her to report to AGC for work on 1st July 2013. No successor was named for her position in EAIC as well, despite the fact that the commission has been overloaded with many unresolved cases.

It shows that since from the beginning and the inception of the EAIC, the so-called integrity commission has been a political window dressing in order to avoid the actual proposed establishment of the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC).

So, what now for the EAIC? The entire functionality of EAIC is not only ineffective, but it is already dead by now. It is now without the CEO and the investigation officer. What was the actual reason for the removal of Nor Afizah from her role as CEO of the EAIC?

Well, everyone of us had knew the fact that she had highlighted the EAIC's shortcomings and grievances to the public three weeks ago. Nor Afizah has been punished for speaking the truth as a public servant. Nor Afizah has been punished because her superiors had earlier ignored her plight and plea for additional manpower and allocations to the EAIC during her tenure.

It shows that the Barisan Nasional (BN) government is not serious in putting up EAIC as an effective and powerful integrity commission, like what they had promised earlier in order to avoid having to establish the IPCMC as proposed by the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into the Police Force in 2005.

Looks like the entire nation has been cheated by the BN government and its leaders. For any other future controversial issues or cases, do they expect our people to believe what these BN leaders would say or promise? We will ever believe liars again who had cheated us once?

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