Wednesday, 20 June 2012

COPS LEAD PUBLIC COMPLAINTS




CONFRONT....File photo of policemen all ready to confront protestors during a demonstration in Kuala Lumpur earlier this year.

By : LISA J. ARIFFIN

SHAH ALAM : The police top the list with the most number of public complaints among all enforcement agencies, the Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (SIAP) revealed today.

SIAP CEO Nor Afizah Hanum Mokhtar said yesterday that since the commission's inception on April 1, 2011, reports of police misconduct accounted for 120 of the 171 complaints filed by the public.

"This is followed by JPJ (Road Transport Department) with seven complaints, the Housing and Local Government Ministry with seven, Customs with five, and Immigration with five," Nor Afizah said, adding other agencies with complaints against them included the National Registration Department (JPN) and civilian volunteer corps Rela.

“Out of the 120 (police) complaints, nine have been referred to the MACC (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission) and 15 have been referred to their own disciplinary board.”

SIAP chairman Datuk Heliliah Mohd Yusof explained it was not under the commission’s jurisdiction to prosecute offenders, but only to make recommendations to the respective agencies.

“The process involved is that we will receive these reports, then a select committee will look into it before submitting it to the commission, which will then have another stage of inquiry,” she said.

“After an investigation and if we find a breach, we will then refer it to their respective department for discipline,” she added.

If “recommendations are made and no disciplinary action is taken”, Heliliah said her commission would “bring the case up to the Attorney-General’s office”.

“The A-G must listen to us. He cannot close the case,” she said.

“If he closes the case without listening, it means the A-G is not doing his job” she added.

Heliliah said the commission’s intention was to make offenders accountable for their action, “not to prosecute”.

“The commission is to provide an avenue for citizens to take action against enforcement officers who do not uphold their duties,” she said, calling for “more to step up, including those from the department itself”.

“When these people are bold and brave enough to come forward, then only we will see results.”

7 comments:

  1. Patut polis bagi contoh yang terbaik bukannya terlibat dengan perbuatan yang boleh mencemarkan nama mereka dan seluruh jabatan.

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  2. Kerana nila setitik, rosak susu sebelanga.

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  3. apa pun polis cuba memberikan perkhidmatan dalam mengawal keamaan dan keselamata awam.

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  4. Kita harap pihak polis akan melakukan tanggungjawab mereka dan tidak akan menyalah gunakan kuasa yang ada.

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    1. Kuasa yang ada jangan disalahgunakan untuk kepentingan sendiri.

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  5. mana2 pihak yang anti polis, saya cadangkan mereka ambil alih la tugas2 polis.. tidak kira siang malam, cuti perayaan atau hari minggu, sentiasa bersedia turun kerja.. kalau ada perang antara Malaysia dan negara luar, mereka juga yang berada dibarisan hadapan, bukannya Anwar, Nik Aziz atau Lim Kit Siang..

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