The Home Ministry's special panel on the fatal shooting of teenager Aminulrasyid Amzah is still keeping mum as to whether the Inspector-General's Standing Orders (IGSO) will be made public.

"We will decide when the entire study is completed. At the moment, it is not practical," was panel chairperson and Deputy Home Minister Abu Seman Yusop's answer when quizzed on the matter at a press conference in Putrajaya today.

Among others, the IGSO provides for the use of firearms by the police force, which has been raised as a matter of grave concern following the Aminulrasyid's death on April 28.

Drafted in 2003, the IGSO is classified as an "official secret".

azlan On a related development, Abu Seman said the panel has recommended that Malaysian police adopt their Ontario counterpart's standard operating procedures for the use of firearms.

He explained that the Ontario police adopted a "linear use of force" principle which outlines a large number of possible scenarios and procedures.

This is in contrast with current procedures used by the local police under the IGSO, which provides general guidelines based on federal laws such as the Police Act, Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code and the constitution, Abu Seman said.

"The model gives guidelines on everything from the use of firearms to pepper sprays, tasers, the T-baton, firearms and handcuffs," he said.

First draft ready

This was among one of the recommendations made by the special panel set up to monitor police investigations into the shooting of Aminulrasyid.

Abu Seman said the panel came to this decision after studying models adopted by police departments in other countries.

However, he declined comment on demands that the IGSO be made public.

He said the panel was wrapping up the first draft of its findings and would present it to Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein when the second draft was ready. Hishamuddin would then rubber-stamp it "as a matter of courtesy".

Asked when the full report would be ready, Abu Seman said, "Give it two or three months".

As to whether the review would eventually set a precedent for other law enforcement officers, he was non-committal. "Let's just settle with the police first."

At a separate Press conference, Hishammuddin said the findings of the panel, inlcuding its the investigation into the shooting of Aminulrasyid, might be made public after the trial concluded.

"We will have to wait until the trial is over because this will be sub judice . We will have to make a fair approach, but believe me, I want the truth to prevail," he said, adding that the ministry had nothing to do with the inquiry.

Hishammuddin had, at a press conference when announcing the formation of the special panel, promised that the findings would be made public.

Since then, a police corporal Jenain Subin has been charged with "causing death by negligence" in the April 26 incident.

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