KUALA LUMPUR: The 2022 Auditor-General's Report found that firearms belonging to individuals, inherited firearms and also firearms seized by police are still kept in the district police headquarters firearms storage store visited between one and 48 years.
Auditor General Datuk Wan Suraya Wan Mohd Radzi said the firearms were not disposed of despite not being claimed by any individual or having completed the legal process involving a criminal case.
This happened due to a lack of coordination regarding the storage and disposal of firearms between the Licensing Division and the Armament Division at each district headquarters involved.
The report found that the Armaments Division was not informed by the Licensing Division about firearms that were not renewed and were not claimed by any party to be disposed of.
"In addition, the Weapons Division is also late in taking action to dispose of firearms that have completed the legal process.
"Storage of firearms for a long period of time and not disposed of in police stores has implications for the security risks of public firearms storage that police have to face," she said.
