The involved officers have acknowledged their culpability and accepted the sanctions meted out.
The two most senior officers in charge of the ground management of WRDC could not escape from the punishment with the Superintendent dismissed from service and the Deputy Superintendent demoted in rank with a corresponding pay cut.
First and foremost, as the daily administration and operations of the WRDC comes under the responsibility of the most senior officer on ground - the Superintendent and his assistant, who's aiding his direct superior in managing the work of WRDC staff, which includes their compliance with the procedures that had been established.
Both officers have been held accountable for the deficiency of supervision over their implicated subordinates, which …show more content…
It was a weighty error on his part for not getting the contractor to install grilles on the window but instead to order the handle of the window be sawn off in his belief that the security measure was more than sufficient.
The other Special Duty Operative handing the family visit during Mas Selamat’s escape has also been dismissed from service for the lack of taking swift and decisive action when alerted by the guards, which might have intercepted the escape. Apart from this, Mas Selemat was able to wear more than a layer of clothes on the day of his escape, due to the negligence in not observing the proper procedure in the accurate registration of clothes.
Next, the Special Duty Operative's supervisor was issued a letter of reprimand and relieved of all supervisory duties for failing to obtain a proper security assessment of the detainees' use of the Family Visitation Block's