MPs: Withdraw IPCMC Bill


Reports by RAHIMY RAHIM, HEMANANTHANI SIVANANDAM, MARTIN CARVALHO and TARRENCE TAN

KUALA LUMPUR: Several lawmakers have called on the government to withdraw the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) Bill 2019, which was tabled in the Dewan Rakyat in July.

Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz (BN-Padang Rengas) urged Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin to retract the Bill as it was not the main agenda of the Perikatan Nasional government.

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