Kota Kinabalu: Police reports involving child abuse cases are confidential and protection is available for informants, said senior police officer DSP Roziah Abdul Rashid.
“Police reports are not released to outsiders,” said Roziah, who is attached to the Sabah State Police Contingent Headquarters’ (IPK Sabah) Sexual, Women and Child Investigation Division (D11).
“There is a law to protect informants. But in terms of the police report itself, what is reported will not be released to the public,” she said, addressing concerns over whether individuals reporting suspected abuse, such as teachers, would be protected or allowed to remain anonymous.
She said complainants may still be required to appear in court proceedings, with hospitals typically called as the first witnesses in cases reported to police.
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