AMPANG: The police constable awaiting punishment for "rejecting" an emergency call from a journalist on June 13, will not be interacting with the public even though he has been transferred to the bilik gerakan (operations room) at the Ampang district police headquarters.
Ampang district police chief ACP Amiruddin Jamaluddin told The Malay Mail that he wants to clarify the present placement of the constable.
"Before any further inquiries or misunderstandings arrive from the public, I want to explain that the constable is only doing paperwork and house-keeping at our bilik gerakan," he said.
"Yes, the bilik gerakan personnel takes calls from the public but the constable does not deal with the public in any way. He is waiting for the verdict on his disciplinary inquiry."
On why the constable was not placed in other departments, Amiruddin said: "This way, I would be able to monitor him better as my office is nearby."
He said the fate of the constable would be known this week and details of the inquiry would be handed over to the Selangor police chief DCP Datuk Tun Hisan Tun Hamzah.
"The inquiry and recording of statements have been completed. The disciplinary committee will hand over their findings to the Selangor police chief this week."
On June 13, Free Malaysia Today journalist Teoh El Sen, his girlfriend Cherry Lui, both 24, and her cousin, Ng Yung Meeng, 15, walked into a burglar ransacking Ng's home in Pandan Perdana. The burglar chased Teoh and Lui with an axe, then pursued the couple in his Kia Forte.
When Teoh phoned the Pandan Perdana police station for help, the constable told Teoh to call another number and slammed down the phone. When Teoh confronted the cop later about his refusal to help, the policeman allegedly threw a tantrum.
