Police have summoned rights group Eliminating Deaths and Abuse In Custody Together (Edict) over its recent statement calling for actions against two police personnel who allegedly witnessed an assault incident that led to the death of a man in Ipoh, Perak, two weeks ago.

In a press statement, Edict decried what it described as a form of intimidation, and that police should cease probing public criticisms of the force.

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