Crime watch group calls for immediate establishment of IPCMC amid mounting reports of custodial deaths.PETALING JAYA: Only the establishment of an Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) would put an end to custodial deaths and disciplinary issues of PDRM.
The Malaysian Crime Watch Task Force (MyWatch) said today the independent, external oversight body should consist of “high ranking PDRM officers, retired police officers, judges and a few representative of NGOs”.
“(The) committee established by PDRM which headed by IGP himself is not good enough which may subject to many cover ups,” MyWatch chairman R Sri Sanjeevan said in a press statement.
“(We) would like to offer ourselves to be part of IPCMC, being a crime watchdog with former IGP (Inspector-General of Police) Musa Hassan as our patron,” he added.
Sanjeevan commended Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s statement in which the latter said his ministry and PDRM “will never tolerate officers who do not follow the standard operating protocols of PDRM”.
“We believe that the Inspector General’s Standing Order (IGSO) which is the SOP for PDRM shouldbe reviewed if made know to public for awareness as there is no secrets in it,” he said.
“(We also) support the move of IGP Khalid Abu Bakar to form a new Crime Prevention Department and merge existing NKRA (National Key Result Areas) department and hope they’ll be more focused and fight crime,” he added.
Sanjeevan then hoped the “new leadership of PDRM” would engage with his group on crime prevention matters as MyWatch “would like to bring forward more grievances of Malaysians to their attention”.
“MyWatch has collected many evidences of wrong-doings of PDRM officers in many police contingents as well as Bukit Aman level, which will be passed on to the IGP and Home Minister to be taken action without fear or favour,” he said.
“We believe in the new leadership therefore we’re prepared to work with them as we’re serious on fighting crime.”
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