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) in Putrajaya today.

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