CHAPTER 2 - REPORT OF THE COMPLAINTS AND INQUIRIES WORKING GROUP
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Complaints that were pending before the Courts or had been disposed of by the Courts; and
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Complaints that were under the jurisdiction of professional bodies.
Complaints classified as ‘Cases outside the Commission’s jurisdiction’ were referred to the appropriate
agencies for action.
Of the 572 complaints accepted (Table 1), the Commission has completed investigations into 215,
while the rest are still under investigation (Figure 2).
Table 1: Breakdown of Human Rights Complaints, 2010
NO.
1.
2.
COMPLAINTS
PENINSULA
SABAH
SARAWAK
Government Agencies
(i) Police Force
(a) Inaction
(b) Excessive use of force
(c) Abuse of power
(ii) National Registration Department
(iii) Immigration Department
(iv) Prison Department
57
30
18
15
9
7
9
11
Preventive Detention Laws
(i) Emergency (Public Order and Prevention
64
of Crime) Ordinance 1969
Dangerous Drug (Special Preventive
Measures) Act 1985
(iii) Internal Security Act 1960
(ii)
36
56
5
11
2
3.
Land Matters
9
92
27
4.
Migrant Workers
33
5.
Refugees
30
6.
Freedom of Religion
2
7.
Freedom of Expression
2
8.
Others
52
29
2
Total
341
191
40