Khalid was responding to an earlier report that Selva Kumar, 56, is expected to be deported to Malaysia this weekend from Canada, accompanied by three guards from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).
According to Ontario-based daily The Hamilton Star, Selva Kumar was arrested shortly after his release from a Toronto prison on Sunday and was later ordered to be held under the custody of the CBSA until his deportation to Malaysia.
The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada convened a special hearing on Monday to issue the detention order. The hearing was also told that Malaysian officials have already approved a flight permit for Selva Kumar.
Selva Kumar completed his 24-year prison sentence on Jan 29, after being convicted at two separate trials more than two decades ago of drugging and sexually assaulting 30 women.
Although he has completed the sentence for the crime he committed in Canada, his return still causes worry among Malaysians that he might commit the same offence back home without proper monitoring on the part of the police.
In acknowledging public concern, Khalid said that the police will do whatever the law permits.
“We are worried too but we have to abide by laws prevailing in the country. We are not empowered to do more than just ‘watch’ him from afar,” the IGP said.
Khalid also agreed with Deputy Home Minister Nur Jazlan Mohamad who last week told reporters that it was high time for the country to set up a sex offenders registry in light of the Selva Kumar case.
Nur Jazlan said the registry will help the public be more vigilant of those who may be a threat to their children.
He said many Western countries which had implemented the registry recognised its use as a hindrance to possible sex predators.