KUALA LUMPUR — The MACC uses orange shirts for their detainees, so that accused persons detained by them can be differentiated from detainees by other enforcement agencies.
MACC chief commissioner Datuk Seri Azam Baki said, for example, MACC detainees can be identified through the wearing of orange shirts while detainees under the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) are dressed in purple.
He said without the uniform it would also make it difficult for MACC to identify the detainees if any of them fled.
"Recently, the MACC made arrests of up to seven people. Imagine if they did not wear orange clothes, we would not be able to identify MACC detainees especially if there was a remand of them by the police simultaneously.
"So, if those detained by police and MACC are mixed up or disappears, who is going to be held responsible? " he said in a MACC interview entitled 'MACC Empowerment and Anti-Corruption Efforts' on radio MACC.fm yesterday.
"The wearing of orange shirts for detainees is managed by the MACC Security Division subject to the MACC Act 2009 apart from also distinguishing those detained by other agencies," he added.
The MACC chief also mentioned that investigating officers have the discretion over whether detainees are to clad the orange shirt.
"It also depends on the case because there are cases where the detainees need to wear the orange shirt and some that do not require them to do so," he said, stressing that wearing orange clothes is also to ensure the safety of detainees and MACC officers. — Bernama, October 9, 2020
