Source: http://www.nst.com.my/Saturday/National/20070113082843
IGP: Accept reports or face action
There will be no exception to the rule, Tan Sri Musa Hassan said yesterday.
He said policemen who refused to do so would face disciplinary action.
“Such reports can be made at any police station and not necessarily in the same area where the complainant lives in or where the incidents have occurred.”
Musa said he had issued the instruction before and would not allow the matter to be taken lightly.
He said policemen on duty should never turn down a public request to lodge a report on the two issues at their police stations.
“They must take the report even if they think the case is too small. Those who fail to do so will be charged for dereliction of duty,” he said after making an official visit to the state police contingent headquarters here yesterday.
Musa was accompanied by his deputy, Datuk Mohd Najib Abd Aziz.
They had earlier met state police chief Datuk Abdul Razak Bokhari and his senior officers.
Musa said the police had set up a domestic violence unit in Bukit Aman with each state headquarters handling cases under the Domestic Violence Act 1994.
“The police should also get help from the Welfare Department in investigating such cases,” he said.
He said it was important for such cases to be investigated fast so as to enable the victim to get a protection order from court.
For serious cases which involved physical abuse, he said police would refer the matter to the deputy public prosecutors office for instructions.