17 years on, we're still haunted by the promise of an IPCMC

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After 17 years since a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) recommended the setting up of an Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC), it is no closer to becoming a reality.The closest it came to fruition was when the Pakatan Harapan government tabled the IPCMC Bill in Parliament in 2019 but due to criticism about a lack of consultation, the bill was deferred for review by a parliamentary select committee (PSC).That also marked the death of the bill as the then government never got to implement the PSC's recommendations. The Harapan administration collapsed in February 2020.Its successor, the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government, lacking the political will to address the issue of police accountability at the expense of an important vote bank, drastically watered down the IPCMC with its own Independent Police Conduct Commission (IPCC) Bill.
Then prime minis…