Lawyers want CPIB included in video-recording pilot programme

Singapore

CRIMINAL lawyers have called for the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) to be included in the pilot programme where investigators will record videos of interviews with suspects when taking statements.

The call follows the Ministry of Home Affairs' (MHA) announcement in late July that the police and the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) will test the use of video recordings during investigations in the first quarter of 2016.

The ministry had said it would "involve a limited set of offences and allow for an assessment of the impact on investigations, its effectiveness in different situations and the resources required", before a further decision is made.

Lawyers said the push for such a possibility was mooted several years ago but CPIB has been conspicuous…