PETALING JAYA: Khairy Jamaluddin has asked Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador not to go after a whistleblower who claimed that 200 staff members of the Kelantan state secretariat had tried to cut queue to get the Covid-19 vaccine.
The Coordinating Minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme said Abdul Hamid understood as he was also a whistleblower.
I dont want to be seen interfering with the work of the police, nor can I.
But since this is an issue of public interest, I must clarify that I have spoken to the IGP about this, to leave whistleblowers alone, Khairty, who is also Science, Technology and Innovation Minister, said in a tweet on Friday (March 12).
He was responding to a Twitter user who had asked him where the protection was for whistleblowers and why the whistleblower in the Kelantan case was being investigated as a suspect.
Khairy also said he has not revealed the identities of any whistleblowers who e-mailed him directly.
Some of this information has been used to correct the list of appointments made.
“As far as police reports are concerned, due process follows but I have asked IGP not to punish whistleblowers, he said in another tweet.
Khairy said he had received 200 complaints about queue-jumping, although not all provided evidence of their claims.
On Feb 28, he said whistleblowers could e-mail him anonymously at kj@mosti.gov.my to report on vaccine queue jumpers.
“We take every exposé seriously. Vaccine equity is important,” he had said.
