URGENTLY NEEDED: Reform of Malaysia’s regime police

By Nicholas Chan

October 2014 FEATURE
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While most developed countries are moving towards democratic policing to enhance police accountability and community-based policing doctrines, the practices and culture of the Royal Malaysian Police often reveal the trademarks of a regime police – a police that answers to the government in power.Nine years have passed since the release of the landmark 2005 Dzaiddin Royal Commission Report and its 125 recommendations for police reforms, including the failed attempt to introduce the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC). However,...

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Nicholas Chan

is a forensic scientist by education and a socioeconomic research analyst at Penang Institute by profession.

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