Six policemen, including senior officers, had failed to adhere to procedures when conducting a raid at the Palm Court Condominiums in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur last March 9.

Inspector General of Police, Norian Mai, said a special board set up to investigate the incident was expected to make recommendations soon o­n the disciplinary action to be taken against the policemen.

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quoted Norian as saying that the board had completed their probe and identified the six who breached the procedures.

The police chief however declined to name his men or identify their ranks, o­nly that several were senior officers and the rest were from the rank and file based at the Brickfields district police headquarters.

Norian told this to reporters after meeting Singapore Police Commissioner Khoo Boon Hui and the republic's High Commissioner to Malaysia, Ashok Kumar Mirpuri, at his office in Bukit Aman today.

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In the raid meant to check illegal immigrants, the police rounded up 196 people including 186 Indian nationals, most of them information technology professionals with valid immigration documents, and allegedly subjeted them to physical abuse.

Following complaints from those arrested, the Indian High Commissioner to Malaysia, Veena Sikri, lodged a protest against the manner in which the raid was held, with the Foreign Ministry.

This prompted Acting Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to direct the police to conduct an investigation o­n the raid which also rounded up four Pakistani and o­ne Burmese.

"With the action against our (police) personnel, we hope the issue will come to an end," said Norian.

Asked o­n the kind of action was to be taken against the six policemen, Norian said the board was studying the breach of the rules and procedures o­n a case by case basis.

"Other than disciplinary action, the policemen may also face transfer to other districts or departments," said Norian.