Police shake-up with removal of 3 task forces (Updated)

KUALA LUMPUR: The restructuring of the police force will start with the removal of three task forces which were reportedly riddled with corruption.
The revamp will start after several briefing sessions with the top brass of the police, Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassan said today.
It will see the disbanding of the Special Task Force for Anti-Vice, Gaming and Gangsterism (STAGG), the Special Task Force on Organised Crime (Stafoc), and the Special Tactical Intelligence Narcotics Group (STING).
"I received the first briefing on the restructuring of police force yesterday. One of the suggestions is to disband the task forces … the old ones," Muhyddin told reporters during a Hari Raya Open House function at Bukit Aman police headquarters here.
"The discontinuation of old task force or any effort to revamp the force must be done in an orderly manner.
"The people must view the police force as a department with full integrity from all aspects including its operation, administration and relationship with the public."
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun said the initial stage of the restructuring effort would involve three task forces within the Narcotic Crime Investigation Department and CID.
"STAGG, Stafoc, and STING," he said in identifying the task forces established in early 2014 by then Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
It was reported on June 11 that there would be a major shake-up of the police force in July involving the top brass, when "several chiefs" in the police force including the IGP are to be removed.
It was said the three task forces would be closed down as they have been "protecting" the criminals they were supposed to go after.
On a separate matter, Mohamad Fuzi said Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's former aide-de-camp DSP Musa Safri has yet to be questioned after police reopened the file on the 2006 murder of Mongolian national, Altantuya Shaariibuu.
He confirmed that Musa has retired from the police force but refused to take more questions about the investigation. "Let us continue to investigate the case first," the IGP said.
Last week, Altantuya's father Setev Shaariibuu lodged a police report at the Dang Wangi district police headquarters to reopen investigations into the death of his daughter, who was killed and blown up with military grade explosives in a forest in Mukim Bukit Raja, Klang, in 2006.
Setev's legal council, Ramkarpal Singh, said Musa, who was assigned to the former prime minister at that time, was named in the police report.
Meanwhile, Muhyiddin also revealed that police have identified the hiding place of the fugitive Datuk Seri Jamal Yunos.
"He's still in Indonesia, we know. The Indonesian authorities have agreed to assist by arresting Jamal," Muhyiddin said.
He said the next course of action will be detaining Jamal and bringing him back to Malaysia.
Muhyiddin said Indonesian police are providing good cooperation in the matter and will extradite the fugitive once he is caught.