Former Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Musa Hassan related how he had been offered a bribe of RM2 million a month just to turn a blind eye on the criminal underworld’s activities, The Star reported.

He added that he not only turned the offer down, but ordered his men to go all out against organised crime.

Musa, who said there is no place for corruption in the police force, also related his experience of being probed for graft when he was serving as an Investigating Officer in Malacca.

“An officer from the then Anti-Corruption Agency told me I was being investigated because some of my subordinates were using my name to ask for bribes.

“I told the officer to go ahead and arrest them. Such people should not be given any leeway,” the daily quoted him as saying at a seminar on intergrity in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

During his stint as the IGP, Musa had successfully clamped down on organised crime. This included the arrest of seven suspected Malaysian gang leaders, the arrest of a Johor-based crime lord, as well as the shake-up of the Anti-Vice, Gaming and Secret Society Unit (D7) in Johor, which saw almost all members of the unit in the state, being transferred out – all in the year 2007.

Musa also commented on the clashes between Bersih 2.0 and the Red Shirts, saying neither were following the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012.

He pressed for Bersih organisers to apply for a permit for their fifth rally on November 19, and asked them to call it off if they failed to secure a permit.