Some Reading Material on Police and You

Recently, a friend and colleague in a recently-not-so-popular organisation proposed that our state youth legal bureau should co-operate with the state youth education bureau to organise public lectures on aspects of law. "Aspects of Law" -- the phrase sounds good. Work will begin, foreseeably, soon. We have an able bodied team of lawyers who are quite co-operative. One of the topics mooted was the rights of a person upon arrest. Whilst planning the upcoming programme, I wondered if there are materials available online. The Red Book came to mind. These are some materials available online.

1. The Manor Farm Journal - blog by a photographer in KL. Quite a good write up in three parts on the Police and your Basic Rights. Here are parts one, two and three.
2. The Malaysian Bar Council - Police and Your Basic Rights, a.k.a. The RED BOOK. 1.09mb download from Malaysian Bar website. 40kb download, at Pink Triangle Foundation Malaysia

In other jurisdictions:

1. UK - Your rights on arrest
2. Australia - Your rights under arrest (NSW Police) (NSW Law Society)
3. Netherlands - Custody, remand in police custody and pre-trial detention.
4. Bangladesh - Police remand, concept and procedure.

Somehow I wish that somebody would convert the Red Book into a comic book. More people might be motivated to read the book that way.