Dr M told me to speak to him in English, says top cop
FMT Reporters | August 13, 2018Police chief Mohamad Fuzi Harun tells officers to brush up on their English skills or be left behind.
IGP Mohamad Fuzi Harun has suggested that police officers conduct their meetings in English. (Bernama pic)
KUALA LUMPUR: Inspector-General of Police Mohamad Fuzi Harun today urged his officers to improve their standard of English, saying his own grasp of the language was now being evaluated by the prime minister.
Speaking at the launch of an English language course for the police, Fuzi said Dr Mahathir Mohamad had told him to respond to him in English.
“He told me, ‘You must also respond in English now.’ I think he’s assessing my English too now,” he said.
He said the course on Professional Communication English was a “drastic measure” to improve the standard of English in the police force.
“It’s an open secret that civil servants are not up to the mark when it comes to speaking English. They can’t speak good English,” Fuzi said.
He said officers should use English in their daily meetings, but admitted that it could take time for this to happen.
“We will be left out of the international marketplace if we don’t grasp this language now. Although it is not the official language, it is the most commonly used language in 53 countries and for 400 million people,” he told some 200 police officers today.
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