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POLICE AND YOUR BASIC RIGHTS

Know your right before Police officer

7. BODY SEARCH WITHOUT ARREST

7.1 When can this be done
If you are at a place (example: disco/karaoke/entertainment outlet)
where the Police are conducting a raid to look for something there
(example: drugs), the Police may detain and search you if they think
you have or are hiding the thing being searched for.
This may only be done in the presence of a Police Officer ranked
Inspector and above.

7.2 What to do
• Do not allow the Police officer to put his hands into your clothes
or pockets.
• If you are asked to take out your belongings one by one, each time,
say "Purse", "keys", "ID card" etc.
• When your pockets/bags are empty, turn your pockets / bags
inside out

7.3 Your rights
• All body searches must be carried out in a professional manner and
with decency.
• A female can only be body searched by a female Police Officer.
• If you are forced/threatened to strip naked:
1. Protest
2. Remember the Police Officer's name.
3. Lodge a Police report after the incident.

8. BODY SEARCH UPON ARREST
8.1 When Police can do so
• The Police reasonably suspect that you have evidence relating to a
suspected offence.
• You are arrested.
• The body search must be conducted in a confined place. It is your
right to be bodily searched in private.

8.2 Types of Body search
The law allows the Police to conduct 4 types of body search:-
1. Pat down search - act of searching outer clothing.
2. Strip search - to search for concealed evidence, object,
contraband or weapon. May only be conducted with the
authorisation of an officer ranked Inspector and above.
3. Intimate search - to search beyond the mouth, nose and ears.
May only be conducted with the authorisation of an officer
ranked Assistant Superintendent (ASP) and above.
4. Intrusive search - to determine the existence of objects etc in
the body. May only be conducted with the authorisation of the
Officer in charge of the Police District (OCPD). Must be
conducted by a Government Medical Officer or Medical
Officer.

8.3 Your rights
• All body searches must be carried out in a professional manner and
with decency.
• It is advisable to request that you be accompanied by your lawyer for
the search.
• A female can only be body searched by a female Police Officer.

9. QUESTIONING BY POLICE AFTER ARREST
9.1 Identity of the Police Officer questioning you
Note the name /rank of the Police Officer questioning you.
9.2 Right to remain silent
The Police Officer will first make friendly conversation/talk (example:
ask you about your family and friends etc). You are only obliged to give
your full name, age, address and occupation (Personal Particulars).
Other than giving your Personal Particulars, you have the right to
remain silent. Be polite. Do not be afraid to remain silent. This is your
right. If you choose the right to remain silent, say: "I would like to
exercise my right to silence".

9.3 112 Statement by you during investigation
The Police Officer will ask you questions and then write down your
answers. The Police cannot threaten or force you into making a
Statement. If you have been threatened, beaten or forced, lodge a
police report against the Police Officer at first opportunity. This is
your right.

9.4 112 Statement is not to be used as evidence
Generally, any Statement you make to the Police during investigations
cannot be used as evidence except if you being charged for offences
under, for example, the Dangerous Drugs Act, the Kidnapping Act and
the Internal Security Act. But you may use the Statement to support
your defence during your trial.

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