COMMENT | RCI on police reforms - 16 years later
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COMMENT | During the administration of our fourth prime minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, one of the major concerns at the time was the public perception of the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM). The perception was that there was widespread corruption within the force and questions were also raised on the efficiency of the police in dealing with crimes.
As such, at the end of 2003, the then prime minister announced that a royal commission of inquiry would be established to look into issues relating to the police force.
The Royal Commission to Enhance the Operations and Management of the Royal Malaysia Police was constituted pursuant to the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950. The RCI was chaired by former Chief Justice Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah.
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The originally proposed Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission is the only way to restore the people’s confidence in our police force.
OVER the years, recurrent reports of abuses, including violence against detainees and deaths in custody, have marred the reputation of our police force. The alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl in a police station lockup recently has the sullied image further.
The girl lodged a report last Saturday, a week after she was raped by a youth while she was locked up in the Miri central police station in Sarawak. Details of the report are indeed shocking.