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No police body cams yet, wrong for public to record arrest - Home Ministry
Published:  Aug 1, 2022 12:16 PM
Updated: 4:16 AM

PARLIAMENT | 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...


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