Body cameras is a good move - Cuepacs

KUCHING, Sept 21 -- The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) welcomes the government’s move to implement the use of body cameras by law enforcement officers such as police, immigration, and customs in the country.

Cuepacs president Datuk Azih Muda said this was a good move as it would provide some assurance to the enforcers who are considered as civil servants from being victimised.

“All this while, for example, some of our enforcement officers have been wrongly accused of allegedly torturing prisoners to death in a cell.

“Similarly, enforcement officers at all entry points and borders are likely to face threats through the entry of goods,”  he said after opening Sarawak Cuepacs triennial general meeting here today.

Last Thursday, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the government had agreed to implement the use of body cameras on law enforcement officers to address issues of misconduct, including corruption.

However, Azih has requested that the federal government implement a pilot project on the use of body cameras, fearing technology would bring disadvantages.

“We are worried the chips in the body cameras will be misused by certain parties to detect where our enforcement officers are stationed and that could endanger them,” he explained.

---BERNAMA.