A Kohilan Pillay warned that such a statement would "institutionalise" abuses by the police, raise public furore and would completely destroy the already poor reputation of the police force.
"By
using such a policy, the government is once more demonstrating its
sheer arrogance towards the people who are crying for a competent, not
an abusive police force. "This will only anger the people more, causing the reputation of the force, which is already in the gutter, to plunge deeper," Kohilan (left) said in a press statement.
Calling it "unbecoming of a minister," he said Zahid's statement also flies in the face of Malaysia's human rights obligations.
"Gerakan and other-like minded parties" are therefore sceptical about giving more power to the police.
A controversy arose last week when Gerakan and MCA turned around to vote in favour of the Prevention of Crime Act (PCA) Amendment Bill despite earlier protests.
DAP's Taiping MP Nga Kor Ming called Gerakan and MCA "coffeeshop heroes" who didn't walk their talk.
Gerakan retorted back, asking why some Pakatan Rakyat MPs were also absent in the voting that saw the amendments to the PCA law, which give police the power of detain without trial for two years, passed by Parliament.
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