Police officers not legally barred from using private vehicle for law enforcement, Ipoh High Court told


IPOH: There is no legal restriction preventing a police officer from using their private vehicle to enforce the law, the High Court heard in the trial of a senior police officer accused of murdering a secondary school student.

During cross-examination by defence lawyer Datuk Mior Faridalathrash Wahid, Ipoh police’s Criminal Investigation Department senior investigating officer, Asst Supt S. Dasarathan, acknowledged that senior police officers are not legally barred from using personal vehicles for law enforcement.

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