Khalid said the report alleged that Bahri, the former director of MACC’s Special Operations Division, had abused his power to stifle investigations into a police report lodged against his wife.
The IGP said the report against Bahri was lodged in Kelantan.
“We had investigated it, and we have handed over the investigation paper to the Attorney-General’s Chambers for further action,” Khalid said.
FMT earlier this week reported that a group led by Bahri’s sister-in-law, Noraihan Che Ali, had accused him of abusing his power to ensure no action was taken on police reports lodged against his wife.
Firdaus Kader, the assistant organiser of a press conference held this afternoon to expose Bahri’s alleged power abuse, had told FMT that the wife of the former MACC man was allegedly implicated in a dispute over a will left by her late brother, Zamri Abdullah.
Bahri’s brother-in-law, Zamri, was the former president of Kolej Islam Sains Teknologi. Zamri’s wife, Noraihan, took over that post after his death.
According to Noraihan, Bahri’s wife was the reason her name was left out of Zamri’s will.
In response, a source close to Bahri told FMT that this was an obvious attempt to defame him after his explosive revelation when announcing his early retirement.
“Bahri has denied this allegation (abuse of power).”
When asked if Bahri would take action against those out to defame him, the source replied:
“He didn’t want to lodge a counter report against his sister-in-law (Noraihan) out of respect for the deceased.
“And she has children to raise, so he’s concerned about them.”