KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 18 -- DAP's Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng said public confidence was at risk after police failed to detain any of its own officers following the reclassification of the Durian Tunggal shootings as murder.

He said the public did not want a repeat of past failures, citing the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder case as an example of how early inaction allowed a convicted policeman to flee overseas.

Lim warned that a similar pattern risked emerging in Melaka if the authorities failed to act decisively from the outset.

"In any murder case, the most basic procedure is to detain all individuals involved for the purpose of investigation.

"The Melaka police have still taken no action, raising the question of what they are waiting for and w...