The Malaysian Bar says that the police’s plan to set up a special unit to probe deaths in custody are insufficient to deal with the long-standing issue.

Its president AG Kalidas reiterated its call for the setting up of the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC), as the present Independent Police Conduct Commission (IPCC) is not strong enough to bring about accountability.

He expressed the Bar’s concern on occurrences of custodial deaths, pointing out that for the period from Jan 1 to Sept 30 last year alone...