In a memorandum the Penang DAP Youth stated that the police should not oppose the formation of IPCMC.
PETALING JAYA: A commission is badly needed to check the abuses committed by police personnel.
Penang DAP Youth said it would campaign for the establishment of an Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) to check these abuses.
Its assistant secretary M Satees said an independent commission was urgently needed because of many high-profile cases involving police personnel.
He listed three such cases: the deaths of Altantuya Shaarriibu, A Kugan, and the rape of an Indonesian maid in Penang.
Satees’ group has sent a memorandum urging for the setting up of the IPCMC to Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein and Inspector-General of Police Ismail Omar today.
“We, the members of Penang DAP Youth, want the IPCMC to be formed immediately so that it can investigate complaints against the police force as recommended in the Royal Commission to Enhance the Operation and Management of the Royal Malaysian Police,” said the memorandum.
The memorandum also called for the tabling of an IPCMC Bill in the Dewan Rakyat.
A royal commission led by former chief justice Mohamed Dzaidin Abdullah, among others, had recommended the formation of an IPCMC in 2005.
However, the IPCMC was not formed due to strong objection from the police force.
Instead, a watered-down bill was pushed through Parliament that led to the formation of the Enforcement Agencies Integrity Commission.
In the memorandum, the Penang DAP Youth also strongly stated that the police force should not object to the formation of the commission.
“It is the only mechanism that assures the people that police investigations are conducted with integrity,” the memorandum stated.
PETALING JAYA: A commission is badly needed to check the abuses committed by police personnel.Penang DAP Youth said it would campaign for the establishment of an Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) to check these abuses.
Its assistant secretary M Satees said an independent commission was urgently needed because of many high-profile cases involving police personnel.
He listed three such cases: the deaths of Altantuya Shaarriibu, A Kugan, and the rape of an Indonesian maid in Penang.
Satees’ group has sent a memorandum urging for the setting up of the IPCMC to Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein and Inspector-General of Police Ismail Omar today.
“We, the members of Penang DAP Youth, want the IPCMC to be formed immediately so that it can investigate complaints against the police force as recommended in the Royal Commission to Enhance the Operation and Management of the Royal Malaysian Police,” said the memorandum.
The memorandum also called for the tabling of an IPCMC Bill in the Dewan Rakyat.
A royal commission led by former chief justice Mohamed Dzaidin Abdullah, among others, had recommended the formation of an IPCMC in 2005.
However, the IPCMC was not formed due to strong objection from the police force.
Instead, a watered-down bill was pushed through Parliament that led to the formation of the Enforcement Agencies Integrity Commission.
In the memorandum, the Penang DAP Youth also strongly stated that the police force should not object to the formation of the commission.
“It is the only mechanism that assures the people that police investigations are conducted with integrity,” the memorandum stated.
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