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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 shoc...

As a Brisbane teenager in Sir Joh’s stifling, authoritarian, corrupt police state, I’d buy a Nation Review each week to read Mungo on federal politics. His dark humour grounded in passionate belief gave me a way to see a Queensland politics that had hope in it. When I mentioned this on Twitter after Mungo died, several Tweeps said yep, that’s what they did and how they felt too. My big cause now is the urgent need for a strong federal ICAC. There’s only one way to make it happen, citizens in Coalition seats need to insist their MPs support the bill by Indi independent Helen Haines (n...

‘Review detention rules in police custody’ Pix for representational purpose only. PETALING JAYA: The reported rape of a 16-year-old girl in the Miri police station lock-up has led to many calling for a review of detention rules and abuses in police custody. Batu Kawan MP Kasthuri Patto said in a statement that in the first place, police should know it is in their standard operating procedures that children are not allowed to be detained in a police lock-up. The victim was arrested by police for alleged involvement in illegal online gambling activities. She was reportedly raped by a ma...

He was 91. Salleh’s demise from pneumonia at 3.20am yesterday came a day after he was admitted to the intensive care unit of Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah in Kuala Terengganu after testing positive for Covid-19. Tributes to the small-sized, humble man, who definitely left some big shoes to fill, poured in immediately from personalities in the legal fraternity. In extending her condolences to his family, Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat said Salleh had contributed so much to the Judiciary during his tenure as Lord President, calling his demise a great loss to the Judiciary and the nation...

‘Incredible’ regression in human rights in Malaysia, says watchdog FMT Reporters © Provided by Free Malaysia Today Human Rights Watch criticised the treatment of migrants, especially during the pandemic. PETALING JAYA: An international human rights body says the country saw an “incredible” regression in rights last year, citing decline in media freedom and treatment of migrants among other key issues. Human Rights Watch (HRW), in its World Report 2021, targeted its criticism at the Perikatan Nasional-led administration which came into power last March. “Malaysia h...