He was asked to comment on the ongoing investigation into 13 police officers, who are alleged to have shared the information on social media.
“We will look into the matter seriously. If any officer is found to be involved, action will be taken. Not only internal action but also criminal action,” he told reporters at a function in Bukit Aman today.
Fuzi, who took over from Khalid Abu Bakar as IGP earlier this month, said despite previous reminders to the police force, such sharing of confidential information on social media continued to take place.
“We cannot allow this,” he said, while not discounting the possibility that individuals outside the police force were also involved in sharing the initial information on how seven boys, aged 11 to 18, were arrested as suspects over allegations that the fire was the result of arson.
Fuzi added that no specific date had been set to end the probe into the information leak because police had only just begun the investigation.
Meanwhile Fuzi said the seven suspects detained in connection with the fire tragedy, would be referred to the Attorney-General’s office.
“Let them decide. The most important thing at this point of time is I have told the Kuala Lumpur police force to speed up the investigation into the allegations against the boys, in order to forward the case for further action,” he said.
Meanwhile, Kuala Lumpur CID chief SAC Rusdi Mohd Isa was earlier quoted as saying that a probe into the information leak on the suspects had been initiated on Saturday.
The police probe comes under Section 203A of the Penal Code for disclosure of information and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.
As a result of that information going viral on social media since Friday, the police were left with no choice but to make public the case against the suspects.
On Saturday, KL police chief commissioner Amar Singh called for an urgent press conference and revealed details about the seven boys, including that six of them tested positive for drugs and that they were being remanded for one week.
Amar also said that no other arrests would be made in the investigation into the tragic fire at the tahfiz school in Kuala Lumpur that killed 21 students and two teachers.