COMMENT | Don't blame 'rogue cops' for Koh and Amri's kidnappings

“You can’t handle the truth.” 

– Colonel Nathan Jessup (A Few Good Men)

COMMENT | The narrative that “rogue cops” are to be blamed for the kidnappings of Pastor Raymond Koh and Amri Che Mat should be rightfully dismissed by rational thinking Malaysians.

Excerpts from the government's now declassified reports were read out aloud by Zamri Yahya, a member of the Home Ministry's Special Task force (STF).

However, it was strange for Zamri, a former police Integrity and Standard Compliance Department director, to say that his testimony on the “rogue cops” - either acting alone or in collusion outside religious groups - were only his “views” because this was the findings of the STF which Zamri was a part of.

So what is he trying to say? People should dismiss his views even though these are the findings of the STF?

We can easily dismiss that these were...