Law Minister Anisul Haque yesterday asked investigation officials of Anti-Corruption Commission to work in a dignified manner and not to act as persecutors.
“I request you to equip yourself to present yourself as the investigating or inquiring officer in a manner which is dignified, not as the persecutor,” he said while speaking at a refreshers course, tilled – “Training Programme for Enquiry and Investigation Officers” at the ACC headquarter in the capital’s Segunbagicha.
The minister also said he does not believe that if an investigation was conducted properly, there will be a bottleneck as far as the law is concerned.
“The ACC act and rules under it has gone through in many tests at the High Court and the appellate division of Supreme Court. Now, what you have is a compact law with very few misinterpretations,” he added.
He also suggested inquiry and investigation officers to conduct inquiry based on evidence on which criminal or civil case was drawn.
Under the five-daylong training programme, the ACC will train a total of 240 officials and discuss on the hurdles they face while dealing cases and try to find out its solutions, officials said.
Meanwhile, former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque requested the officers to conduct inquiry or investigation in a manner where law should work as the safeguard and it does not disgrace anyone as per the Article 37.
Regarding the frequent amendments made in the law, he said: “If amendments are made frequently, people will become confused as a single amendment sets changes in other fifty places.”
He also suggested government to consider the matters seriously prior to any future amendments to the country’s laws.
Addressing the programme, ACC Chairman M Badiuzzaman admitted that the anti graft body was yet to gain momentum in achieving success.
“So far, we have achieved 30-35 percent success in convicting the accused individuals, whereas a large portion of the get released. We are studying our weak points by analysing past cases,” he said.
