SHAH ALAM, May 5 -- Police personnel who serve lawfully have nothing to fear from the proposed Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC), DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said today.

In his policy speech at the opening of the 2019 DAP National Conference here, Lim also assured the Royal Malaysia Police (RMP) that the proposal for the IPCMC is not aimed at punishing them but meant to be a mechanism to check the abuse of their powers.

"I want to praise the new IGP (inspector-general of police) for supporting the formation of the IPCMC. This is not to penalise anyone. Not to penalise the police, no, but it's something beyond.

"To make sure that the huge power that is given to a very important institution such as th...