KUALA LUMPUR: The purple lock-up uniform worn by criminal detainees are proper and meets the standard, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. He said the purple lock-up uniform, which are worn by suspects remanded in police detention to facilitate investigation, ensures that they have proper clothes. The reply was in response to N. Surendran (PKR-Padang Serai) who queried if the police or Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) are considering to stop the practice of having remanded detainees to wear purple and orange lock-up uniforms respectively. The deputy prime minister noted that the IGP issued a detailed lock-up management and lock-up uniform permanent order under the provision in 2009. Surendran argued that under the Lock-up Rules 1953, the police have no authority to bring criminal detainees to court wearing the purple uniform and it violates the principle of a suspect being innocent until proven guilty.

Source: New Strait Times November 13, 2017 08:26 UTC