Inspection by district police chief, station chief among new mechanisms for lock-up management

KUALA LUMPUR: Inspections and lock-up visits by the district police chief or police station chief as well as physical examination of the detainee’s health are among the mechanisms identified to address the issue of deaths in custody.

Bukit Aman Integrity and Standards Compliance Department (JIPS) director Datuk Azri Ahmad said the proposals were to improve the police lock-up management mechanism so that it could be implemented more carefully and effectively.