It was definitely a break from the norm.

The Petaling Jaya district police headquarters, which has investigated countless of crimes over the years, today became the subject of an investigation instead.

The station became an overnight sensation following the exposure of a voyeuristic act where a woman detainee was recorded performing ear squats in the nude.

This led to widespread outrage and a five-member commission was formed to probe the incident.

At about 2.45 pm, the commissioners and members of the panel secretariat arrived at the headquarters in a convoy of cars.

Present to welcome them were senior police officers and a horde of journalists and photographs.

After a closed-door briefing by the police officers, the commissioners had a brief visit to the lock-ups and the locker-room, where the incident took place.

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Its head, former chief justice, Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah, refused to reveal if there had been any findings or developments on account of the hour-long visit.

Journalists were passed from one commissioner to the next, each unwilling to reveal the findings of their visit as they boarded their vehicles.

However, one of the commissioners, Wanita Umno Legal Aid Bureau Chief Kamilia Ibrahim, caused a slight stir when she alighted from her car and proceeded back towards the lock-ups.

Journalists immediately rushed towards her with tape recorders and notebooks to find out why she did this but, much to their disappointment, the commissioner remained tightlipped.

Kamilia also denied, when asked, if she was looking into the issue of overcrowding in the lock-ups.

"No, no, no. I was looking into other matters," she said, without elaborating.

Policewoman identified

Earlier, the commission, which has a 30-day deadline to wrap-up the probe, held its first hearing at a courtroom in the Sultan Abdul Samad building in Kuala Lumpur.

Three witnesses, all from the police, were quizzed on the incident while the policewoman in the clip was also identified.

A total of 21 people are expected to testify throughout the hearing, which resumes tomorrow.

The commission was formed upon the instructions of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi after the clip was exposed by DAP parliamentarian Teresa Kok last month.

Other members of the commission are former MCA deputy president Lim Ah Lek, former Bar Council chairperson Kuthubul Zaman Bukhari and Internal Security Ministry deputy secretary-general Hamzah Md Rus who is the commission secretary.