The Royal Malaysia Police and the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) will hold a meeting soon to discuss police checks on mobile phones of the public.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has tasked Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain to provide a clear explanation from a law enforcement perspective.
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Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has tasked Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain to provide a clear explanation from a law enforcement perspective.
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00:00With regards to safety and policies regarding safety,
00:04there has been a lot of fear among the public that the police can actually check their phone,
00:10stop on the roadblock and check and everything.
00:12IGP has made a statement saying that the law permits checking phone
00:16and he also said that contents such as obscene content, obscene materials and all that
00:21or suspicions of this person engaging in threatening communication, then they can do it.
00:27Wouldn't this also allow some form of abuse of power because a lot of reports have been made in lately
00:34and Suhakam has told the public to report to them if police stops anybody and checks their phone.
00:39How do you see this as a proper procedural matter rather than a threat to privacy?
00:46Let's be objective and be fair.
00:49First of all, I have asked the IGP to meet with Suhakam.
00:57He has an exchange of views to give a more accurate perspective
01:02on how the powers that be and the biggest laws in our country address this issue.
01:09Let Suhakam also understand in the context of the police's job.
01:14There are a lot of perspectives that we can look at.
01:19For example, the perspective of security.
01:23The police force cannot tolerate when there is a suspect who has information about terrorism.
01:35It is risky for us to think that there is a possibility for the police to have that information.
01:44The law does not allow the police to check their devices.
01:48So what do we do?
01:50Putting yourself into a police position, what do we do?
01:54All the intelligence reports are zoomed in.
01:57This is an individual who has been suspected of being involved in activities outside of the country.
02:04And our intelligence detects that he is already here.
02:08And he has access to this.
02:11The law does not allow us to check.
02:15So that is the situation where there needs to be a law that allows us to check our devices.
02:25Do you agree?
02:27I think he said that there is a law to do it, but the degree of checking...
02:31Yes, that is the issue.
02:33That is why I said, let it be fair.
02:36Suhakam addresses the issue from the perspective of fundamental rights and protects the people from violations.
02:43That is why I said, the most wise and wise way to address this issue...
02:49...is to ask the IJP to sit down, discuss and explain first.
02:53And Suhakam, I am sure, can help the community, to educate the community...
02:58...in carrying out this task.
03:00The police are not a group of people who walk around and say,
03:03Hey come, pass me your handphone, I want to check.
03:06It is not like that.
03:07Of course, there are rules and regulations.
03:10There are laws that provide local police stand-by.
03:14In the situation that I gave an example earlier.
03:17It is not a question, but if there is a bomb,
03:20and it is a public place,
03:22suddenly the police come and call,
03:24immediately, without any basis.
03:26Of course, we have to address issues like that.
03:29That is why I said, let this discussion not come out of the actual purpose.
03:37So that the police do not see that this is a group of people who do not care at all...
03:45...about the rules and regulations.
03:47They can just look at any Tom, Dick and Harry.
03:49If they feel like taking the phone, they can just take it.
03:51No, we do not act like that.
03:54When a decision is made to conduct an investigation,
03:58there must be a basis to it.
04:00At the same time, there is concern among the public.
04:03The police must also be respected.
04:06The police must be respected.
04:08So the situation is not like the police can arrest anyone they want.
04:14No, we do not act like that.
04:16One action must have a basis in terms of the law.
04:21If it is true, I gave an example earlier,
04:23an extreme example earlier.
04:25The police have a basis through the investigation,
04:28that we need to get access to this information.
04:32And that is what is happening right now.
04:34The cases that we do, we are able to solve them.
04:38We are able to solve them.
04:40After we get the information from the investigation.
04:44And that action, that action must have a basis in terms of the law.
04:48To address the concern among the public,
04:51which was brought by Suhakam,
04:54I have talked to the State Attorney General,
04:56or the IGP Attorney General,
04:58to sit down and discuss,
05:00to get the information from Suhakam.
05:02Suhakam also needs to determine,
05:05what is the scope,
05:08the task that allows the police to conduct an investigation.
05:11Could you tell the public then,
05:13what could they do,
05:14how can they report to the police,
05:16if they find that their privacy has been violated,
05:18or randomly checked.
05:20What are the channels they can use?
05:22In a month, we have 395,000 police reports made by the public.
05:26So what is stopping them?
05:28There is nothing stopping them.
05:30395,000 police reports in a month.
05:34So I ask, what can they do?
05:38If they feel that their rights have been violated,
05:41and they have a basis to investigate,
05:44it is normal for them to report to the police.
05:48There is nothing stopping them.
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