The IPCMC: What you need to know, and why it matters now more than ever
The proposed IPCMC was among the 125 recommendations made by a Royal Commission of Inquiry formed in February 2004 following public uproar over a growing number of deaths in detention and police brutality claims. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
Witnesses who testified at the National Human Rights Commission inquiry last year alleged they were bundled up into a by men in balaclavas in broad daylight, in two separate but identical operations.The Special Branch is the Royal Malaysian Police’s elite intelligence unit that critics allege operate like the Soviet Secret Police.
As the inquiry commenced, the bipartisan panel received over 900 complaints of abuse that included deaths in custody, physical and psychological abuse of detainees and misuse of administrative detention laws, according to news reports. Close to the proposed IPCMC, the EAIC oversees the disciplinary conduct of all enforcement officers. But while it has the power to conduct investigation, it cannot prosecute and can only recommend action.
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