The Law Enforcement and Other Matters Bill gives some latitude for police officers to act with some urgency before a suicide attempt becomes imminent and before rescue could be more risky - both for the person who is under duress and for those who are trying to make a genuine attempt at rescue, said NMP Syed Harun Alha
The amendments are "scoped within a very specific circumstance of a psychiatric emergency and only where there is a patent risk of suicide", says an NMP who is a psychiatrist.
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