Kuala Lampur, April 9 --  

 

APRIL 9 - In "Isn't it time to reform the law on arrest?" I called on the people's representatives - better known as MPs - to raise the matter of reforms to the law on arrest in Parliament.

The call goes to civil societies as well.

Given that India, which gave us the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) and the law on arrest, has amended its CPC and therefore its law on arrest way back at the turn of the millennium, are we content with being stuck with a century-old law?

Arrest affects the liberty and freedom of citizens and needs to be exercised with great care and caution. 

The reform in India means that a police officer, before making an arrest in arrestable offences - called cognizable o...