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By Lian Cheng
KUCHING, July 5: Enforcement authorities only take statements in their premises and not through calls, emails or any social messaging applications.
This is a reminder from Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) Public Complaint Bureau chief Milton Foo.
“Police, or any enforcement officers or authorities, they will never interrogate people either by email, or through phone, WhatsApp or text Messenger.
“The proper and lawful procedure for taking or recording a statement would be conducted if a person is a suspect of any criminal activity, including the offence of money laundering.
“And the recording process by the police officers or any law enforcement officers, it will be done at the police station, if he or she is a suspect or a subject of investigation by authorities.
“The officers won’t call you up and interrogate you through the phone or questioning you about this and that,” said Foo at a press conference held at SUPP headquarters.
Foo said this after the case of a female retiree who almost fell victim to a phone scam came to light.
He then advised the public that should anyone receive calls from the companies or authorities including court, police or post office personnel, be certain to ask for the identification of the callers including their full names and staff numbers, and if the calls are from police, be sure to obtain their police ID number.
Following that, tell the caller to call back. Meanwhile, use another device to verify their identities.
“After receiving a bizarre call, never use the same phone to check your bank balance. Use another device like a laptop, or another phone, and don’t click on any links,” said Foo who explained that this is to prevent the caller having access to bank account details remotely. — DayakDaily
