Interrogation rooms in police stations to be monitored

Police will install CCTVs in the interrogation rooms of all police stations.
CID Director Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Zinin said the installation would be done in stages, with state police headquarters and district headquarters as priority areas.
“The logistics are being worked out. Once we have all in place, we will start installing them to avoid any more allegation of abuse or torture.
“The interrogation rooms will have to be redesigned to accommodate the CCTV,” he said after handing over forensic equipment and polylight (ultraviolet light to detect fingerprints and stains) to the police forensics team at the Senior Police Officers College in Cheras yesterday.
Comm Mohd Bakri said the idea to have CCTV-installed rooms was mooted by Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan, who visited several countries recently and found there were special rooms with audio and CCTV recording facilities for interrogation purposes.
Although police had such facilities here, it was confined only to certain lock-ups.
On the Feb 17 shooting incident in Kulim where six suspected armed robbers were shot dead, Comm Mohd Bakri said police would await for the ballistics and post-mortem reports before asking the courts to conduct an inquest.
“Our investigation into the case is about 90% complete,” he said.
To another question, he said police would be working closely with the Education Department to tackle gangsterism in certain schools.