said Selangor Police Chief Datuk Yahaya Udin
Since "sporting short hair reflects positive image" and purports to "instil discipline" and since "the police were presently under public scrutiny" for corruption, perhaps Selangor Chief Police Officer Datuk Yahaya Udin would like to set an example and have his head shaven.
Cakap tak seperti bikin!
Cutting Hair Of Detainees Mandatory, Selangor CPO Says
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 (Bernama) -- Cutting the hair of detainees in police lock-ups is a mandatory procedure according to Section 9A of the Lock-Up Rules 1953, said Selangor Police Chief Datuk Yahaya Udin, Friday.
"The section provides for people detained in lock-ups to have their heads shaved but not to make them bald.
"We cut their hair as short as possible and sporting short hair reflects positive image," he told Bernama when contacted, here.
He was commenting on newspaper reports Friday that 11 men had their heads shaven while being detained at the Kajang Police Headquarters. The men were Friday charged at the Kajang Magistrate's Court with illegal gambling.
Yahaya said Sikhs were exempted from having their hair cut due to religious reasons.
He said the rule aimed to discipline offenders while in police detention.
"We already know that those who join the military or police force will have their heads shaven to instil discipline in them. So, in this case, that's our practice," he said.
Yahaya said the issue could be deliberately sensationalised as it touched people's sensitivity and the fact that the police were presently under public scrutiny.
He said everyone must follow the procedure whether he liked it or not because it was the law that was unlikely to be repealed.
"Why we want to repeal it if it's good? If some parties are dissatisfied, we can't do anything. The law is the law," he said.
Meanwhile, Human Rights Commissioner Prof Datuk Hamdan Adnan said the procedure was improper and should be repealed because it clearly infringed human rights and was embarrassing.
"What was done by the police on the men was improper.
"Even though shaving of the detainees' heads is provided by the Lock-Up Rules, it's allowed if the person detained has a skin disease on the head like 'kurap' or has lice," he said.
The time had come for the police management to reform the rule or any other legislation that could infringe human rights, he said.
In fact, he said, any procedure that could embarrass people must be repealed, he said.
"Being detained is already embarrassing them, what more if their heads are shaved," he said in a statement.
-- BERNAMA
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