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WHAT TO DO IF STOPPED BY MALAYSIAN POLICE??
This is is very useful information. Please pass it on to your friends and family.............especially the women folk!

The next time you are stopped by persons who claimed they are plainclothes police, you are under no obligation to answer their questions or follow their orders, lawyers told Malaysiakini today.

"Policeman who is not wearing his uniform does not have the authority to stop anyone," lawyer and human rights activist Sivarasa Rasiah said.

Procedures to follow in the event you are stopped by uniformed police Officers while driving.
o Stop the car and wind down your window.
o If the police officers ask for your documents, request to see their IDs first.
o If you are satisfied about their identity, ask them if you are being summoned, and for what offence.
o Produce your identity card and driver's license and wait to collect your summon ticket.

In the event that the police officers ask you to follow them to the police station:
o Ask if you are under arrest and for what offence.
o If you are not under arrest, you have the right to leave.

In the event you are flagged down by persons you believe could be plainclothes police:
o Do not stop because plainclothes police officers do not have the authority to stop you.
o Drive to the nearest police station and lodge a report. (The same procedure applies to pedestrians)

In the event the police come to your house:
o Do not let them in before checking their IDs.
o If you are not satisfied, phone the nearest police station and confirm if they had been sent to your house.
o You are under no obligation to allow them into the house if they don't have a search warrant.
o Do not go with them if you are not under arrest.

In the event persons who claimed to be plainclothes police come to your house:
o Do not let him in because they do not have the authority to do so.
o Lodge a report at the nearest police station.