APRIL 2 — The Society for the Promotion of Human Rights (Proham) praises the Police Diraja Malaysia and the Royal Malaysian Armed Forces for their work and assistance in the current pandemic to ensure the people comply with the movement control order (MCO). Proham also notes that the police are...
APRIL 2 — The Society for the Promotion of Human Rights praises the Police Diraja Malaysia and the Royal Malaysian Armed Forces for their work and assistance in the current pandemic to ensure the people comply with the movement control order .
Among the objectives of the MCO are to ensure the people stay at home, exercise social distancing in public areas and avoid large crowds. However, the arresting, detaining in police lockups and charging of these violators in court goes against the very objectives of the MCO. At a time when our doctors, nurses and hospital resources are already put to the test, the actions and the procedures of the police are counter-productive to the very aim which they intend to achieve.
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