what to do if stop by the police....

budak_kampung · Post time 19-7-2003 12:22 AM

Subject: FW: WHAT TO DO IF STOPPED BY MALAYSIAN POLICE

This is very useful information. Please pass it on to your friends
and family... especially the women folk!

The next time you are stopped by persons who claimed theare             y
plainclothes police, you are under no obligation to answer their
questions or follow their orders, lawyers told Malaysiakini today.

A policeman who is not wearing his uniform does not have the             e
authority to stop anyone," lawyer and human rights activist
Sivarasa Rasiah said.

Sivarasa was commenting on the alleged gang-rape of an 18-year-old
university student by four men claiming to be police officers
on New Year's Eve. The girl said that her car was stopped in
Taman Tun Dr Ismail in Kuala Lumpur and were asked by the men to open
the car bonnet.
She was then told that she had committed an offence and ordered to
follow the men to a police station. The girl was driven in her car
along the North-South expressway to the Tapah-Cameron Highlandroad       s
road before she was raped in an oil palm estate.

This incident, and many others, have sparked confusion over the
procedures which motorists must follow when flagged downby the police.

The most common problem is that most people take instructionswithout
determining if the other person is really a cop," lawyerAnnie
Santiago said. However, if you are stopped by a uniformed
policeman, then you are required to stop. But you need not get out of the
car because you are not expected to do so, Santiago said. He other
rule to follow is to provide your identity card only when you are asked
to doso.
"Even then, you should get his ID first to confirm if he is a cop.
There is no harm in calling the relevant police station to verify if he
is supposed to be on duty that day," Sivarasa said.

Both lawyers said that motorists should never follow an officer to the
police station unless one is under arrest. "If you are not sure,
and your instincts tell you that something is wrong, then drive off to
the nearest police station and lodge a report," Sivarasa said.

In response to the alleged gang-rape of the 18-year-old,Women's Aid
Organisation executive-secretary Ivy Josiah called on the police to       e
launch an education program to teach the public about their rights
to prevent them from being victimised by bogus police officers.

Procedures to follow in the event you are stopped by uniformed police
Officers while driving.

1. Stop the car and wind down your window.
2. If the police officers ask for your documents, request to see    t
   see their IDs first.
3. If you are satisfied about their identity, ask them if you are    f
   are being summoned, and for what offence.
4. Produce your identity card and driver's license and wait to
   collect your summon ticket.

In the event that the police officers ask you to follow them to the
police station:

1. Ask if you are under arrest and for what offence.
2. If you are not under arrest, you have the right to leave

In the event you are flagged down by persons you believecould be
plainclothes police:

1. Do not stop because plainclothes police officers do not
   have the authority to stop you.
2. Drive to the nearest police station and lodge a report.
   (The same procedure applies to pedestrians)

In the event the police come to your house:

1. Do not let them in before checking their IDs.
2. If you are not satisfied, phone the nearest police station
   and confirm if they had been sent to your house.
3. You are under no obligation to allow them into the house
   if they don't have a search warrant.
4. Do not go with them if you are not under arrest.

In the event persons who claimed to be plainclothes police come to
your house:

1. Do not let him in because they do not have the authority
   to do so.
2. Lodge a report at the nearest police station.

CALL THE COPS:

  IPK KUALA LUMPUR: 03 - 236 0522
  AMPANG: 03 - 452 2222
  BRICKFIELDS 03 - 2274 2222
  CHERAS: 03 - 984 2222
  DANG WANGI: 03 - 230 2222
  KL TRAFFIC POLICE: 03 - 232 9044

  IPK SELANGOR: 03 - 5514 5222
  HOTLINE: 03 - 5510 2999
  PETALING JAYA: 03 - 7956 2222
  SHAH ALAM: 03 - 5510 2222
  KLANG: 03 - 3371 2222
  HULU LANGAT: 03 - 8736 2222
  HULU SELANGOR: 03 - 6064 1222
  KUALA LANGAT: 03 - 318 7222
  KUALA SELANGOR: 03 - 889 1222
  GOMBAK: 03 - 6092 6222
  SABAK BERNAM: 03 - 884 2222
  SEPANG: 03 - 847 1222
  KLIA: 03 - 8787 2222

Show all posts · Post time 19-7-2003 12:37 AM

good info to share..

selalu nya BK , org awam ni takut bila polis tahan (tak patut langsung rasa takut)..takut kena saman, bukan apa..tu yg selalu hilang pertimbangan, hilang rasional, selalu masa camni lah polis tipu akan ambil kesempatan, jgn kata yg tipu, yg betul pun sempat dapat duit kopi..

kesedaran di kalangan org awam penting untuk melindungi diri dr kejadian yg macam ni..

epitome · Post time 17-2-2007 11:52 PM

member haku... kena tahan masa road block ( lesen , road tax semua xder ).... dier turunkan cermin keter , dier tanya polis tu dgn sore garau.. "apa hal ni?" ... polis tu pong lambai tgn suruh jalan...