I have been mulling the reasons why the Independent Police
Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) is not getting
anywhere near fruition. Could it be that every Tom, Dick and
Harry in the police force is tainted with graft?  Perhaps Umno
Youth leader Hishammuddin Hussein Onn realised this and dared
oppose the president of Umno Abdullah Ahmad Badawi who is the
prime minister. If every top person in the force is to be
investigated, then we would not have any police force to speak
of.  This then is the real reason for opposition to the IPCMC by
the police and by the Abdullah Ahmad Badawi government. Pak Lah,
by giving in to these 'demands' of Hishammuddin and the police,
would himself and his government be tainted with graft.  By the
way, we should be also looking at the immigration and customs
departments for graft 'best' practices. These are institutions
dealing with the public and migrant workers. Corruption
'trickles down' the rank and file.