Claims of police misconduct against LTTE detainees baseless, irresponsible, says IGP

Updated 6 years ago · Published on 2 Nov 2019 7:20PM · 5 Comments

Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador strongly denies the allegations of unlawful acts or misconduct by police officers against any of the LTTE detainees. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, November 2, 2019.

ALLEGATIONS of police misconduct against individuals detained on suspicion of involvement in the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are baseless and irresponsible, Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador said.

He urged those who made such allegations to produce their evidence, including closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera footage of the alleged misconduct, in court.

“I strongly deny all the public allegations of unlawful acts or misconduct by our police officers against any of the LTTE detainees made by their lawyers and certain politicians.

“I stand firm on the explanation given by my officers that the allegations are completely baseless and very irresponsible,” he said in a statement today.

Yesterday, several news portals reported that five out of the 12 individuals detained under the Security Offences (Special Measure) Act (Sosma) 2012 were allegedly abused and tortured during detention.

Earlier today, Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin had denied the allegations, saying he had checked on the claims with Hamid and the officers involved, and found them to be untrue.

Hamid said what needed to be understood was that the allegations of police misconduct were made after the in-camera session before the judge in chambers.

“All quarters should respect the legal process and not make baseless allegations in public,” he said, adding that he had also referred the matter to the attorney-general and was now awaiting instruction for further action. – Bernama, November 2, 2019.

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  • When will the PDRM respect due process and provide us with the much overdue information on who abducted Pastor Koh and Amri Che Mat? Which balaclava-clad men did this?

    Posted 6 years ago by Arul Inthirarajah · Reply

  • The PDRM cant be trusted. Period

    Posted 6 years ago by Rupert Lum · Reply

  • The PDRM cant be trusted. Period

    Posted 6 years ago by Rupert Lum · Reply

  • "He urged those who made such allegations to produce their evidence, including closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera footage of the alleged misconduct, in court." This is a very tall order. If there is any CCTV recording, it is with the police as the alleged conduct happened during police custody. What other CCTV can the detainees produce??

    Posted 6 years ago by Ravinder Singh · Reply

  • When the Police want to do MISHAP TO ANY DETAINEES They will OFF THE CCTV OR DO MISHAP NOT UNDER THE CCTV. Many detainees hv Died under Police n Prison Custody where is the CCTV. Why the REASON OF DEATH NOT PRODUCED IN COURT IN CCTV AS EVIDENCE. Police n Prison Dept employees are NO ANGEL. They could be having a Behaviour more Violent than the DETAINEES. Detainees are HELPLESS and at a HELPLESS MERCY SITUATION both in Police n Prison Custody.

    Posted 6 years ago by Mindy Singh · Reply