Eliminating Deaths & Abuse In Custody Together (EDICT) said this is stipulated under Section 13 of the Criminal Procedure Code which requires those who have information regarding any offences under the Penal Code to lodge a police complaint.

“If no report has been lodged, EDICT urges the IGP to lodge a report on the police cartel, specifically against the police officers involved so that appropriate action can be taken according to the law,” it said in a statement.

Earlier this month, Hamid claimed there was a “cartel of dirty cops” in the Malaysian police force.

In an interview with Utusan Malaysia, he said middle-level senior police officers were behind the cartel.

Hamid said the cartel would ensure that their collaborators get promoted so they can dominate their teams and the police hierarchy in the future, making it easier for them to do their “dirty work”.

He also vowed to get to the bottom of the problem and wipe out the rot within.

However, EDICT said the issue “seems not to have raised any support nor concerns from the relevant stakeholders”.

The police, it said, must ensure that their members are trustworthy, and honest in carrying out their duties.

“Don’t let one bad apple spoil the whole barrel”.

Last week, the NGO had called for the IGP and the government to work together to restore the credibility and integrity of the police in the eyes of the people following Hamid’s comments to Utusan.

“If we (the public) need the police to keep us in check, the police need an external party to do the very same,” it said in calling for an independent police commission to probe the “dirty cop cartel”.