KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 19 -- Two Opposition MPs have called for a public audit on closed-circuit television recordings (CCTVs) at detention centres after Sarawak police admitted there was no footage to investigate a 16-year-old girl's claim to have been raped by another detainee while in custody.

In separate statements today, Batu Kawan MP Kasthuri Patto and Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng both said an audit would help prevent further abuses of those held by the police.

"Apart from an in-depth investigation into the unwarranted detention and rape of a child in police custody, a nationwide audit must be carried out on the functionality of CCTVs in all police stations, documented and revealed to the Government and the public in a week," said Kasthuri....