IGSO: PANEL TO STUDY PRACTICES IN OTHER COUNTRIES

PUTRAJAYA, May 20 (Bernama) -- The special panel, set up to monitor
investigations into the fatal shooting of teenager Aminulrasyid Amzah, will look
into the standing orders governing the use of firearms by police in other
countries, Deputy Home Minister Abu Seman Yusop said.

Abu Seman, who heads the panel, said among the aspects to be studied were
the standard operating procedures used by Australian police and the guidelines
issued by the United Nations.

This was among the measures proposed by the panel to improve the
Inspector-General of Police Standing Orders (IGSO) on the use of firearms, he
said.

"We will look into the standard operating procedures in other countries and
incorporate the best practices (into the IGSO)," he told reporters after
presenting the excellent service awards to 496 staff of the National Anti-drugs
Agency (AADK) here Thursday.

Abu Seman said the current IGSO was formulated in 2003 and that there was
still room to improve it further in terms of the types of firearms used as well
in terms of training and retraining.

He said the report on the IGSO improvement would be completed as soon as
possible.

Aminulrasyid, 15, was fatally shot by police last month after a car chase in
Section 11, Shah Alam.

Meanwhile, Abu Seman said the AADK would expand the "matrix" treatment
module for synthetic drug addicts in other rehabilitation centres.

The module was currently being implemented as a pioneer programme at
rehabilitation centres in Kota Baharu, Muar and Kota Kinabalu, he said.

"The programme shows remarkable effect, resulting in higher resilience among
addicts," he said.

-- BERNAMA