Minister Paul Low today denied that he had U-turned on his position regarding the need for the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC).

When asked by Malaysiakini , the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department said he was merely pointing out an existing mechanism in the form of the Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC) for death in custody victim N Dharmendran's family when asked on the need for the IPCMC last Thursday.

NONE Low ( right ) said he was throwing up a suggestion as a means for the deceased's family to have an alternative other than the police force.

"I asked them to refer to the EAIC because that was the existing mechanism and organisation available.

"If they want an alternative apart from the police, they have to put their complaints to the EAIC as they will only act when a complaint is made," he said when contacted by Malaysiakini .

He added that IPCMC issue was "another matter".

However, queried on his stance on an IPCMC, Low declined to comment, stating that he did not want to get into a tit-for-tat match over the matter.

No tug-of-war, please

He also declined to elaborate on former Chief Justice Abdul Hamid Mohamad's complaint on the EAIC's ineffectiveness that out of the 347 complaints received during its time, only 60 were referred for full investigation and of that only three were completed.

"I don't want to get into a tug-of-war on the matter, I just want to get on with my job," he said.

Low had come under fire from DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng who had accused him of having switched position from his initial support for an IPCMC when he wasTransparency International Malaysia (TI-M) president.

He had said: "We already have the channels" when asked about the necessity of an IPCMC on May 30.

NONE The EAIC is a watered down version of IPCMC that oversees wrongdoings in enforcement agencies but lacks prosecutorial powers.

Low also declined to comment on Damansara Utama state assemblyperson Yeo Bee Yin's ( left ) criticism that he had inaccurately explained Malaysia's poor ranking in the Revenue Governance Index Report, stating that TI-M would have been able to explain it better.

Low had been quoted as saying that the poor ranking may due to state-owned petrochemical company Petronas' non-disclosure agreements requested by overseas host countries but Yeo pointed out that it was in fact the non-disclosure of local operations and business activities.