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'Remand procedures must be changed to reflect civilised society'

YOURSAY | 'The police and MACC should not be given licence to abuse and humiliate detainees.'

Abusing power and humiliating through remands

CQ Muar: This country seems to have laws different from other countries. There is no standard procedure for those detained, regardless of the gravity of the case, with different people treated separately.

Thus, such is the norm and practice for those with authority. Those under remand are virtually at the mercy of the police and those who are in power. Abuse and mistreatment are the order of the day under the present system and present regime.

As such, this law must be changed and standardised to prevent favouritism and abuse of power by those in authority.

Hamzah Paiman: Why should a person be humiliated if he has just been charged? Why should they wear lock-up attire to court if they have not been found guilty yet? If a person is charged, it does not mean that he or she is already guilty.

To be fair, if this is carried out, the person who is charged should be allowed to sue the authorities for dragging him through mud and humiliation. Otherwise, do not insist on lock-up attire until proven guilty.

Anonymous 2436471476414726: The procedures must be reviewed to reflect the civilised society we claim we are in. The police and MACC should not be given licence to abuse and humiliate offenders, least of all those who are called in as mere witnesses.

A person is deemed innocent until proven otherwise. To subject a person to such humiliating and demeaning fashion is to punish him for an offence he may not have committed.

Apparently, the lessons from the Tan Beng Hock case have not been learnt.

Anonymous 19811504508400: Why are persons in remand and detention treated as if they are guilty prisoners?

If they are wanted for investigations, they should be held in special centres specially built for that purpose and held in non-prison-like conditions, for example like that of a house arrest to restrict their movements. Very often, the police lock-up is worse than that of an actual prison cell.

Anonymous 1811351504586755: History has shown that in corrupt and suppressive regimes, public security forces act to support their political masters, instead of being neutral to protect the citizens.

Are we not seeing now that there are different sets of laws for different categories of society, those with or without money, title or power?

Anonymous_4115: A very good write. To the police, please note this and act professionally and with integrity.

DAP MP moots RM20b additional fund for Health Ministry

VGV: This is a very good idea mooted by DAP’s Klang MP Charles Santiago to inject RM20.7 billion into the Health Ministry.

This move must be supported by all MPs, irrespective of which political party they belong to. This is to look into the welfare of sick people who really need good medication and healthcare.

Just because it was suggested by the opposition, it doesn't mean the ruling party must avoid supporting the move. Get together to gain support for this idea so that all Malaysians will get very good healthcare.

If there is opposition to the MP's suggestion, then many old people, including the pensioners, would "die early with the useless medicines" served at government hospitals.

JesuisAnwar: Of course it wouldn't be a BN member of the House making such a sensible and cogent suggestion - but if they still have a measure of humanity in them, they must support Charles Santiago's timely proposal.

Improved facilities and better working conditions and salaries for those in public healthcare will benefit all Malaysians.

CIMB says backup tapes containing banking customer data lost

Aries46: After 1MDB, this CIMB caper is the most incredible story we have been told. If customer records are not safe in a high-security premier bank, imagine the risk involved in lesser establishments like the National Registration Department, the Inland Revenue Board, Road Transport Department and others to which we provide confidential information.

Recently, while at home, I had a call from CIMB alerting me that my credit card was swiped at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The caller requested my personal details to verify my identity. I refused to go beyond giving my name and IC number. When I demanded that he provide my card details, he hung up.

I then called CIMB customer care. While waiting for service, I heard a recorded message saying that scammers are using the CIMB customer care line number, and cautioning customers against divulging PIN or password details over the phone.

This was subsequently affirmed by the customer care officer who attended to me. Had I not been suspicious and alert I may have ended up a victim of the scam.

This is a dangerous situation. My concern is for the gullible lot that is the target of these crooks. Beyond reporting the loss, CIMB must get to the bottom of the loss and protect its customers in the event of any misuse of the lost data.

Anonnon: “Lost during routine operations” and that's it? Whatever happened to accountability? How are you going to compensate customers and protect them from criminal misuse of their data?

PMB: Shouldn't the tapes be encrypted? This is basic Security 101. What are the security people doing? This is unacceptable action from a bank. Whose heads are going to roll, or is it going to be another "tak apa" attitude?

 


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