Govt urged to set up IPCMC

Opposition parties and Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) formed an alliance Friday (28 Dec) in order to urge government to set up Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) again.

Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang said the alliance was to carry out general mobilization and giving pressure to government in order to set up IPCMC again.

This alliance is led by the human rights commission under Bar Council, NGOs are welcomed to join the alliance.

"There is turning point in setting up IPCMC again, it depends on the people's unity," Lim told reporters after chairing the "The Parliamentary Roundtable on the Special Complaints Commission (SCC) Bill" here, Friday.

Lim said the terms of reference of SCC were very limited, therefore SCC was not able to restructure the efficiency and image of royal police.

On the other, Former Bar Council Chairman P. Balan said police should not feel worry on the setting up of IPCMC because there were same mechanisms in Australia, England and Hong Kong.

"These mechanism are proved to be effective in monitoring the police behaviours," he said.

Balan said police was the largest enforcement institution, therefore IPCMC needed to monitor it. (Sin Chew Daily)