The Internal Security Ministry has lodged a report with the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) to enable investigation into an allegation of corruption against Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan.

Deputy Internal Security Minister Mohd Johari Baharum said he instructed his officers to lodge the report following allegations of corruption that surfaced on the Internet.

Replying a supplementary question by Salahuddin Ayub (PAS-Kubang Kerian) in Parliament today, Johari said he had contacted Bukit Aman for clarification.

Political blog site Malaysia Today had posted a report linking Musa and the police with Chinese underworld figures.

Musa, whose service contract has been extended to September, was alleged to have received RM2.1 million for releasing a group of gangsters from custody.

He has since told the media that he is not worried, describing the allegations as "slander".

Bad blood

Early this month, Johari had said the ACA was free to investigate Musa over the allegations and that ministry's secretary-general Abdul Aziz Yusoff would monitor any developments.

Johari himself was being investigated over allegations of accepting RM5 million in bribes to release three underworld figures detained under the Emergency Ordinance.

The ACA has since submitted its findings to the Attorney-General's Chambers. Johari claimed that he had been cleared by the ACA.

Johari had also argued that the three gangters were released based on police recommendation but this was disputed by the police.

Previously, the deputy minister was embroiled in a public dispute with the police top brass over the discrepancies in the crime statistics released by his ministry and the police.


Watch Musa's response to the allegations in this 5-minute video clip