The Independent Police Complaints of Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) Bill is subject to change as Putrajaya engages stakeholders on the much-anticipated initiative.
Tabled for first reading in the previous parliamentary session, de facto Law Minister Liew Vui Keong said today that the IPCMC bill could be amended ahead of its second and third readings.
Liew was speaking to the press after hearing feedback from Suhakam, the Bar Council and several NGOs, including Suaram, Citizens Against Enforced Disappearances, Lawyers for Liberty, Human Rights Watch and the Malaysian Centre for Constitutionalism and Human Rights (MCCHR) today.
"We can always amend (the bill) during the second and third stage if need be. But of course, there are certain requests made by them that require cabinet decisions.
"I have to refer certain requests and especially policy decisions, like taking away the power of the prime minister from the IPCMC bill and giving it to the commission to determine the composition of the commissioners," he said.
Liew expects to table the IPCMC bill for its second and third readings during the first week of the upcoming Dewan Rakyat sitting, which is slated to begin on Oct 7.
Next, Putrajaya hopes to engage opposition MPs and the police for their feedback.
"There is a need for me to engage the police force in general, because they are all over the country, and there are requests for me and also for the National Centre for Governance, Integrity and Anti-Corruption (GIACC) to come and give briefings.
“There are those who do not have the full information (about the IPCMC bill), we intend to give them our circulars and give them our information to be posted on their notice boards," he said.
[More to follow] - Mkini
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