Malaysia: Proposed Law Reverses Police Reforms

Click to expand Image Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin attending parliament session at parliament lower house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, July 13, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Vincent Thian (Bangkok) – The Malaysian government’s proposed police complaints commission would have no powers to punish rights-abusing police, Human Rights Watch said today. A bill to create an “Independent Police Conduct Commission” (IPCC) was submitted to Parliament on August 26, 2020, and a second reading is scheduled for the next parliamentary sitting. The government should withdraw the police conduct commission…

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