Headquarters (IPK) in every state. The logistics available in every lock-up is not
the same. It usually depends on budget and safety measures.
4.17
For all matters related to repairing of any damage, the Station should make a
report to Logistics Department of Police District Headquarters and then it will
be sent to Logistics Department of Contingent Headquarters. Due to this
process, the repair needed in stations or lock-ups is delayed.
4.18
The Commission is informed by the Officers in-charge of Station that they or
management at station and Police District Headquarters do not inlvolve in the
process of decision making, for instance, to determine the specification of lockup or the need for a repair and other facilities in lock-up. The matter is often
decided by Ministry of Home Affairs (KDN) and superior officers. As a result,
the requirements in lock-up are often not met.
Lock-up Gazette
4.19
During the visit to Kajang Police Station, the Commission found that the lockup used is not yet gazetted. The lock-up is an additional section which is built
to adapt current detainees capacity. The gazetted area is the previous lock-up
which is no longer being used as it cannot cope with the present detainees
capacity.
4.20
The Commission mentioned that there are several lock-ups which involve in
overcrowding problem as stated below (Please refer to Table 10 which shows
the stations which are overcrowded during the Commission visits). The
Commission examined that the lock-up capacity is not stated in lock-up gazette
in most all visited lock-ups in Sarawak and Sabah. Chief in-charge of Police
District has the authority to use his discretion in order to determine no. of
detainees at a time.
4.21
In addition, female lock-up in Travers Police Station under IPD Brickfields
cannot be gazetted as it does not conform to standard and unsafe to be used
as a lock-up to detain detainees.
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