“OBEY, UPHOLD AND MAINTAIN THE LAWS OF MALAYSIA”

Police Disciplinary Cases

• Public confidence is a concept that underpins the entire system of
policing
• Police forces are constantly at risk of losing public confidence
falling levels of police visibility (Sindall & Sturgis, 2013)
dissatisfaction with the handling of public police interactions
(McCluskey, Mastrofski & Parks, 1999,Sunshine & Tyler, 2003,
Skogan, 2006)
the misapplication of police powers (Dunleavy & Hood, 1994)
• Police abuse remains a serious human rights problem in Malaysia

• People no longer trust the police or its ability to enforce the law justly
and fairly

Unjustified shootings

Mistreatment and deaths in custody

Excessive use of force in dispersing public assemblies

• Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission Annual Report in 2011,
2012 and 2013 show that Royal Malaysian Police (RMP) takes the
highest number (more than 50%) regarding the misconduct and abuse
of power
• Police officers responsible for a range of human rights violations,
including torture and other ill- treatment, resulting in some cases in
the death of detainees
• 257 deaths in police custody between 2002 and 2016, according to
official statistics provided by the Home Ministry in a parliamentary
reply on March 28, 2017
Number of deaths in Malaysian police custody

No. of official cases

No. of publicised cases
Sources:
1. Parliamentary reply, Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to M Kulasegaran, 28 Mar 2017.
2. Suaram database on deaths in police custody.