Kuala Lampur, Dec. 11 -- Section 107(4) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) states that a police officer is duty bound to receive any information in relation to any offence committed anywhere in Malaysia.

The word "offence" means any act or omission made punishable by any law for the time being in force (Section 2 CPC).

Section 107(3)(a) states that the information given by a person relating to the commission of an offence to a police officer, who at the time of receiving the information is not in a police station, is deemed to be received at a police station.

The law is simply this: a police report need not be made in a police station. It can be made outside of a police station as long as it is made to a police officer. The report is...