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INTEGRITY COMMISSION BILL FOR PARLIAMENT
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 17 (Bernama) -- A bill on the Enforcement Agencies Integrity Commission (Siap) will be tabled in Parliament soon.
The commission will set out procedures and guidelines on how enforcement is
to be conducted as well as investigate complaints of misconduct and abuse of
power.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz, said
in a meeting on the matter he attended today several final decisions
had been made involving various enforcement agencies.
"Hopefully the bill will be ready for this session (of parliament), and if
it is, first reading will be done in March followed by second and third reading
and it will be tabled by Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar," he told
reporters after he launched 'The Red Book' pamphlet' at the Bar Council office
here Monday.
The pamphlet contains useful information for the public and gives details
about steps that needed to be taken if a person were detained by police besides
providing awareness of the rights of an individual under the law.
It is published by the Bar Council in English and is in its second edition
and will be translated into Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil in the following
edition.
Earlier in his speech, Mohamed Nazri said among other functions of Siap was
to open files on any complaints made against enforcement agencies and it would
monitor the progress of action taken by those agencies and how the complaints
were handled.
"So your complaints will not be swept under the carpet as it is registered
with the commission...if there is no action taken on the complaint the
commission will do so and results of investigation will be made public.
"Even if the commission does not have the power to enforce their
decision but since the finding was made known to the public the enforcement
agency, for example the police, cannot avoid implementing the commission's
decision," he said.
Mohamed Nazri said setting up of the commission could not be rushed as every
aspect had to be studied given that the country had various enforcement gencies.
He said it was impractical if for every case involving an enforcement agency
there was a separate commission to look into it.
"So we decided if there was this commission it could cover all enforcement
agencies in the country," he said.
Mohamed Nazri said however the government faced a problem in that, if it
wanted a commission that had sufficient powers and could implement all its
decisions, that would need amendment to the constitution.
"We acknowledge the government does not have a two-thirds majority in
Parliament so it is going to be a bit difficult for the government...more so if
the Opposition does not cooperate and support us to amend the constitution to
have a commission with 'bite'," he said.
-- BERNAMA
The commission will set out procedures and guidelines on how enforcement is
to be conducted as well as investigate complaints of misconduct and abuse of
power.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz, said
in a meeting on the matter he attended today several final decisions
had been made involving various enforcement agencies.
"Hopefully the bill will be ready for this session (of parliament), and if
it is, first reading will be done in March followed by second and third reading
and it will be tabled by Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar," he told
reporters after he launched 'The Red Book' pamphlet' at the Bar Council office
here Monday.
The pamphlet contains useful information for the public and gives details
about steps that needed to be taken if a person were detained by police besides
providing awareness of the rights of an individual under the law.
It is published by the Bar Council in English and is in its second edition
and will be translated into Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil in the following
edition.
Earlier in his speech, Mohamed Nazri said among other functions of Siap was
to open files on any complaints made against enforcement agencies and it would
monitor the progress of action taken by those agencies and how the complaints
were handled.
"So your complaints will not be swept under the carpet as it is registered
with the commission...if there is no action taken on the complaint the
commission will do so and results of investigation will be made public.
"Even if the commission does not have the power to enforce their
decision but since the finding was made known to the public the enforcement
agency, for example the police, cannot avoid implementing the commission's
decision," he said.
Mohamed Nazri said setting up of the commission could not be rushed as every
aspect had to be studied given that the country had various enforcement gencies.
He said it was impractical if for every case involving an enforcement agency
there was a separate commission to look into it.
"So we decided if there was this commission it could cover all enforcement
agencies in the country," he said.
Mohamed Nazri said however the government faced a problem in that, if it
wanted a commission that had sufficient powers and could implement all its
decisions, that would need amendment to the constitution.
"We acknowledge the government does not have a two-thirds majority in
Parliament so it is going to be a bit difficult for the government...more so if
the Opposition does not cooperate and support us to amend the constitution to
have a commission with 'bite'," he said.
-- BERNAMA
