He said exceptions should be made for important or urgent business in places such as police stations and hospitals.

“Exceptions should also be made if it involves difficulties such as long distance from home, traffic congestion, or shortage of time. Consideration and discretion should be exercised with courtesy and empathy, especially by the officer on duty,” the DAP representative added.

Chew (above) said this in an open letter addressed to Anwar yesterday.

The letter came after an incident at the Kajang district police headquarters in Selangor on Jan 30, where a woman went to lodge a police report about a traffic accident but was turned away because she was wearing shorts.

She was allowed to enter about 15 minutes later, after changing into long pants. Inspector-General of Police Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani, however, described the incident as a “misunderstanding”.

Chew contended that the action of the police was in violation of Section 107(4) of the Criminal Procedure Code, which stipulates that police officers are duty-bound to receive information regarding any offence committed.

Sealthedeal : It's about one race imposing their code on others. It's totally ridiculous and unfair. Non Muslims are fed up with Malay sensitivities impacting their lives. This is a secular country. Everyone should protest when little napoleon's prevent them from gaining entrance.

OMG! : I wish the PM would reflect back to the time 24 years ago when he was arrested by PDRM, following Reformasi demonstrations. That evening at Bukit Aman, then IGP Rahim Noor i think, was found later, to have gone to Anwars cell, had two men hold him up on either side,and then punched him hard, until he collaosed.

Exactly how big bullies and cowards operate. That was how Anwar got his black eye, at the hands of the police IGP. Today, as PM, has DSAI forgotten all that? Doesn't he owe the public the duty to implement the IPCMC in original form, not a watered down version?

When a woman wearing Bermuda shorts covering her knees is denied entry by one police station, sent running to another station, it cries out for a caring PM to take action! When the current PM takes no action, it just enforces the top leadership of the Police to believe they can do no wrong. That beating up this PM 24 years ago, was all in a day's work.

What mysterious influence do the Police have over the top so-called leaders? Are they in cahoots somehow? It reinforces the growing impression that DSAI is just the creature of the forces that keep him in power. Soon, he too will go, leaving no lasting legacy. What a shame.

MS : If Anwar Ibrahim has to be urged via an open letter to do what is sensible, it says where the country is heading under his Madani whatever.

What was also surprising was the sight of DAP's Hannah Yeoh standing by meekly and silently as the not-so-bright IGP justified the idiocy of the Kajang police to reporters milling around.

Headhunter : The police are only following PAS advise, that women are packages which must be covered up fully. This is what the bigots are slamming down our throat with their skewered and camel herder mentality.