Original report from Washington
16 September 2009
After the newly promoted national police chief, Gen. Neth Savoeun, set up suggestion boxes and a hotlines for complaints and criticism, rights groups say the initiative is likely to be ineffective.
Surveys show the public has little trust in the ostensibly anonymous initiatives and fear reprisal from police. Instead, people still tend to seek out non-governmental agencies when facing problems.
Lao Monghay, a senior researcher for the Asian Human Rights Commission, said the initiative, which followed a verbal order from Neth Savoeun, was “good,” but, “it must have a law and a regulation procedure, an independent body other than police, and investigate the complaints for the public.”
This would allay fears of “revenge from police officers,” he said.
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