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Ex-RCI member wants Special Branch free from police force

The government has been urged to look into the need for the Special Branch (SB) to be independent from the police force to prevent the intelligence agency from being abused for political purposes.

The matter was discussed at length by the royal commission of inquiry on the police force in 2005, said J Denison, a member of the then RCI.

According to him, the commission discussed whether the country could emulate the practice in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, where their intelligence agencies operate independently...

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