Police urged to set up IPCMC

The Sun 
By Edmund Lee

GEORGE TOWN (Nov 15, 2012): The Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) should be established following the allegation where an Indonesian restaurant worker was forced to have sex with three policemen.

Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the IPCMC would allow members of the public an avenue to file their complaints on the conduct of the police.

He said the IPCMC not only provides the place for police victim to file a complaint but it can help in preventing such incident from happening.

"Police personnel will not dare to commit such acts if they know there is such a body," he said at a press conference when visiting the woman in the centre of the allegations at the Indonesian Consulate-General where Acting Consul General Sofiana Mufidah was present.

Sofiana also expressed her confidence that police can solve the case soon, adding that she hoped other Indonesian workers in Malaysia will be protected.

Lim also expressed that the state government was willing to assist the victim in any form to ensure the culprit will be punished under the law.

He expressed hope that the police will speed up investigations into the matter as the victim was looking forward to go back home.

"I will contact state police chief Datuk Abdul Rahim Hanafi to request that the case be solved as soon as possible," he said.

The woman, identified as Siti Maemanah Kasman, 25, had claimed that she was raped by the cops at a police station in Prai on Nov 9 in the morning.

Following her report, three policemen have been detained and remanded until Nov 16to assist in the investigations.

The incident is being investigated under Section 376 of the Penal Code for rape and those convicted face a maximum of 20-year prison sentence and whipping.