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Government should implement the proposals made by the Royal Commission
without delay
Media
Statement
by
Ronnie Liu Tian Khiew
(Petaling Jaya, Friday):
The Royal Commission has done a great job. One who has read the Report would
know that the16-member commission had covered a wide range of areas in order
to push for real reforms in the police force.
The top gun of the police force Tan Sri Mohd Bakri Omar has called it a
“balanced and fair” report.
It’s now up to the Government to implement those 125 proposals without
delay. And this is certainly the hardest part.
We agree with the commission chief that such oversight mechanism will help
ensure that compliance with of police rules and regulations are enforced and
non-compliance swiftly detected and acted upon.
We also agree that this body would help restore public confidence in the
police.
After all, the objective of setting up the Royal Commission to Enhance the
Operations and Management of the Royal Malaysian Police was to ensure a
revitalized police service emerged, efficient, clean and trustworthy,
dedicated to serving the people and nation with integrity and respect for
human rights.
But the response from the Prime Minister and his deputy were not too
encouraging, judging from their comments made on the recommended Independent
Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC).
The setting up of a special task force as proposed by the PM is neither here
nor there. Why can’t the PM agree to the setting up of the IPCMC as
recommended by the Royal Commission?
The pledge made by the DPM that the Government will look into the
possibility of fast-tracking some of the recommendations to improve the
force’s capabilities was rather vague and general. Why can’t he just accept
the deadlines of implementation set for all the 125 recommendations as
scheduled in the Report?
Malaysians has wanted a “true blue change”. We certainly do not want to
witness the efforts made by the 16-member commission to be in vain.
(20/5/2005)
* Ronnie Liu
Tian Khiew, DAP International Secretary and NGO bureau chief
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