It''s not enough. If he had his way, People’s Volunteer Corps (Rela) director-general Zaidon Asmuni would like to see the body equipped with even wider powers than it now holds.

“We want not only the power to check passports and travel documents. If you ask me, we want more than that. We want the power to investigate and prosecute in court,” he said in an exclusive interview with malaysiakini.

Find out more in this three-part special report.

Part 1
Rela chief: Give us more power
Q&A: We act within the law

Part 2
Suhakam: Rela still needed

Part 3
'They came with batons and lock-cutters'