A police investigation into an incident in which a 16-year-old girl claimed that she was raped by a male detainee while being held at the Miri police station lock-up on Jan 9 found that closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera footage was unavailable.
Sarawak police commissioner Aidi Ismail said he had instructed his deputy Fisol Salleh to coordinate an internal investigation and the results would be known this week.
“There is a CCTV camera installed in the lock-up, but it does not have recording function and it can only be monitored by personnel on duty. I have instructed the investigation team to look into it,” he said at a press conference on the achievement of the Sarawak police contingent for the year 2020 in Kuching today.
Aidi said the case is being investigated by the Integrity and Standard Compliance Department of the Sarawak police contingent headquarters, together with the Miri district police.
“Based on the statements from the witnesses, we found that the incident (rape) did occur in the lock-up,” he added.
Aidi had previously said that police would conduct a detailed investigation into the allegation as to whether there were elements of negligence in the case.
Two personnel on duty on the day the incident took place were immediately suspended.
Senator Alan Ling Sie Kiong, through a posting on his Facebook account on Saturday, said that a teenage girl had lodged a police report over the incident.
- Bernama
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