CCTV at Miri rape case lock-up could not record

CCTV at Miri rape case lock-up could not record

Sarawak police chief says CCTV camera could only be used for live monitoring, not recording.

A 16-year-old girl claims she was raped by a male detainee while being held at the Miri police station on Jan 9.
KUCHING:
Police investigation into an incident where a 16-year-old girl was raped by a male detainee while being held at the Miri police station lock-up on Jan 9 found that a closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera did not have a recording function.

Sarawak police commissioner Aidi Ismail said he had instructed his deputy Fisol Salleh to coordinate the internal investigation and the results would be known this week.

“There is a CCTV camera installed in the lock-up, but it does not have recording function and it can only be monitored by personnel on duty. I have also instructed the investigation team to look into it,” he said at a press conference here today.

Aidi said the case is currently being investigated by the Integrity and Standard Compliance Department of the Sarawak police contingent headquarters together with the Miri district police.

“Based on the statements from the witnesses, we found that the incident (rape) did occur in the lock-up,” he said.

Aidi had previously said that police would conduct a detailed investigation into the allegation on whether there were elements of negligence in the case.

Two personnel on duty on the day the incident took place were immediately suspended.

Senator Alan Ling Sie Kiong, through a posting on his Facebook account on Saturday, said that a teenage girl has lodged a police report over the incident.

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