The Inspector-General of Police, Mohd Fuzi Harun, said today that he had met the Chief of the Armed Forces, General Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed Noor, and the Chief Secretary, Ali Hamsa, in Putrajaya this afternoon.
“All we want is for this period of transition and the transfer of power to proceed smoothly, both at the federal and state levels,” he said
The meeting of the three service heads was “to discuss the process of transition to the new government that has been chosen by the people. I stressed that this process must not be delayed, so as to avoid any speculation among the general public that can create doubt and lead to tension,” Fuzi said at federal police headquarters in Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur.
Fuzi said that all three agreed that the rule of law must prevail in the transfer of power from Barisan Nasional to the new Pakatan Harapan government.
“The three of us also agreed to seek an audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to inform him on how we will go about this matter.”
Fuzi said security in the country was under control and there were no issues arising from the general election yesterday, which resulted in the Barisan Nasional losing its majority in Parliament, as well as losing control of five additional states.
He urged the public against any form of speculative comment about the PH takeover in Putrajaya.
“There was no incidence of major trouble anywhere last night except for one incident in Putrajaya at around 2am, when a group of people gathered at a place near the Prime Minister’s Office lit up fireworks in celebration of the PH election victory.
“As the crowd grew, we had to intervene and stop the use of fireworks and any possible aggression from taking place,” Fuzi said.
Other incidents were not serious and had not threatened public safety.
“For example, in Skudai there were four or five arrests made when police helped to stop a commotion between supporters of two political parties from escalating.”
Fuzi confirmed that many police reports had been filed against the Election Commission, of which the most serious were about people who were told that someone had voted under their name. “There were not many such cases,” he said. “We will investigate all these reports under the Elections Act.
Fuzi also denied that the police were involved in bringing additional ballot boxes to counting centres. “People are making up such stories to go viral without any proof, just to make the police and EC look bad,” he said.