Mahathir defends former IGP

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Former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad has defended his move to appoint Abdul Hamid Bador as the inspector-general of police (IGP) under his then Pakatan Harapan government.The Langkawi MP said he had selected Hamid out of confidence in the then Special Branch deputy director's capabilities to restore the police's image which had been tarnished by corruption."I met him before he (Abdul Hamid) retired (in 2018)... he said in the police force there was a lot of corruption, graft and he was the number two in the Special Branch (at the time)."He was due to be appointed Special Branch director but he did not want the job because of corruption and graft," Mahathir said in an interview with Malaysiapost last night."So I thought, not many people were willing to take up early retirement over an opportunity for a promotion, but when he did that, I thought he woul…