Police are still looking for the five individuals who claimed they were police officers from the Bukit Aman Special Branch and were said to have harassed and threatened Dayak Informal Group (DIG) member Dusit Jaul.

Deputy Home Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said Dusit had made a police report on the incidents.

Wan Junaidi said he had ordered police to conduct a thorough investigation on the report by Dusit, but added that police still could not identify the five individuals involved.

"At the moment, I haven't got any latest report or further information on the case. As far as I am concerned, he (Dusit) should not have been harrassed and intimidated.

"If the police want to question him, they should give him prior notice to come to the police station but not to his wife and children, as it is not the correct procedure," he told Bernama in Kuching yesterday.

Wan Junaidi (left) said there had been no record or order for the exercise to be carried out by the police.

"I have instructed the police to probe the case until they find out who these five individuals are because we don't want people to disguise themselves as police officers and consequently, smearing the name of the police force and the government," he added.

Dusit claimed that on Oct 7, around 10.45am, the five came to his house in Tabuan Jaya and without producing any credentials, warned his wife, who was alone at the time, against him being vocal about the rights and issues affecting the community.

The Dayak activist also claimed the five men – three of whom spoke fluent Iban and the other two being an Indian and a Malay – were trailing him to Lubok Antu on Oct 4 and 5, having asked him to pull over and to wind down all his car windows.

- Bernama