No complaint filed over alleged police mistreatment of activist Tamim Dahri

KUALA LUMPUR: The Independent Police Conduct Commission (IPCC) has received no complaints over allegations that activist Tamim Dahri Abdul Razak was mistreated and ordered to strip naked while in police custody earlier this year.

Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said no complaint had been lodged with the commission as of Sept 25.

"The IPCC will handle any complaints of police misconduct in accordance with the law," he said in a written parliamentary reply yesterday.

Saifuddin was responding to Datuk Che Mohamad Zulkifly Jusoh (PN-Besut), who asked about the police internal investigation, particularly by the IPCC, into allegations that Tamim was mistreated and ordered to strip naked in front of other detainees while in custody.

On Feb 16, Tamim claimed police had treated him "like an animal" and ordered him to strip naked before giving him lock-up clothing. He was detained at the Gombak police headquarters over the demolition of an illegal temple in Taman Rawang Perdana.