Deputy Home Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar has shrugged member of parliament for Puchong Gobind Singh Deo's challenge to a debate on the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) as a sheer waste of time.

Wan Junaidi said the debate would be an exercise in futility as the government had rejected the proposed commission in 2009.

"Instead, the government had passed the Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission Act or EAIC.

NONE "Therefore, his proposal for a debate is a futile effort and will result in nothing. He is after cheap publicity," Wan Junaidi told reporters after visiting the site of a new mosque in Muara Tebas, Kuching today.

Gobind ( right ) was reported as saying that Wan Junaidi's dismissal of the IPCMC was flawed.

He added that by and large, the opposition and critics of the police had been demanding that the IPCMC should be set up, as recommended by a royal commission of inquiry.

"I'm not interested to debate with anyone who is incapable of being polite. The debate will end up with who shouted the loudest," said Wan Junaidi.

- Bernama