FAQ On Arrest, Remand And Bail In Malaysia

(A) ARREST

1. What is an arrest?

An arrest happens when a police officer (or other persons empowered by the law) touches or confine the body of the person to be arrested or when you submit to custody voluntarily by word or action.

[Example: Accompanying a police officer to a police station on the officer's direction, being accompanied and escorted by police officers from a bus to a police station, or when you put your hands up in surrender]

Section 15(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code ("CPC") provides that: "In making an arrest the police officer or other person making the same shall actually touch or confine the body of the person to be arrested unless there is a submission to the custody by word or action."