Home Ministry Wrong for public to record arrest, phones can be seized
- 2 years ago
The Home Ministry has maintained that it is wrong for the public to record or live stream police carrying out arrests or raids, adding that body cameras for on-duty use have yet to be procured.
In a written reply to Lim Lip Eng (Pakatan Harapan-Kepong) last Thursday, the ministry said filming an arrest or raid can have action taken against them for obstructing a public officer in carrying out their duties and disrupting investigations.
Police had in 2020 said such actions were an offence under Section 186 of the Penal Code for obstructing a public servant in discharge of his or her public functions.
That year, police arrested former Universiti Malaya Association of New Youth president Wong Yan Ke for recording a police search.
In a written reply to Lim Lip Eng (Pakatan Harapan-Kepong) last Thursday, the ministry said filming an arrest or raid can have action taken against them for obstructing a public officer in carrying out their duties and disrupting investigations.
Police had in 2020 said such actions were an offence under Section 186 of the Penal Code for obstructing a public servant in discharge of his or her public functions.
That year, police arrested former Universiti Malaya Association of New Youth president Wong Yan Ke for recording a police search.