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Police probe only
points relevant
to Teoh inquest
Lunas rep goes
independent
by Charles Ramendran
newsdesk@thesundaily.com
SHAH ALAM: Police will probe only certain allegations
in a mystery letter which are relevant to the Teoh
Beng Hock inquest while the rest of the explosive
claims will be investigated for abuse of power by the
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
Selangor police chief DCP Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar
declined to specify what they are looking at but
said the investigations are almost complete and the
investigating officer will hand over the findings directly
to the coroner within this week.
Police are acting on the instruction of coroner
Azmil Muntapha Abas who adjourned the inquest on
Wednesday after he was given a typewritten letter by
Gobind Singh Deo, the lawyer for Teoh’s family.
The content was not revealed in court, but a
five-page document on MACC letterhead, purported
to be the same as that which was tendered to the
coroner, was published on some websites. It indirectly
implicated a senior officer of the Selangor MACC and
a prominent Selangor politician.
It is learnt that among the areas police are probing
is a DNA profile of the senior MACC officer mentioned
in the letter to find a match with two other unknown
DNA samples found on Teoh’s body. Despite extensive
sampling, the owners of the samples have yet to be
identified.
Meanwhile, Kapar MP S. Manikavasagam, who had
also received a copy of the mystery letter, lodged a
police report on Friday, urging police to investigate the
two individuals named in it.
Manikavasagam, who lodged the report at the
Brickfields district police headquarters, said his report
was transferred to Klang police and subsequently to
Shah Alam police. He said he received a call from a
senior police officer from the Shah Alam commercial
crimes investigations department (CCID) on the same
day and was told that his report was being looked
into.
He said if nothing moves, he will hand over a
memorandum to the Inspector-General of Police.
“The letter contains serious allegations linked to
Teoh’s death and they should be looked into seriously.
An investigating team from Bukit Aman should handle
this,” he said.
Manikavasagam said copies of the letter, which
also had the MACC letterhead, were also sent to
Pakatan Rakyat leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim,
Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, Seputeh
MP Teresa Kok and an official of PAS.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Lunas state assem-
blyman and Kedah executive councillor
Mohd Radzhi Salleh (right) yesterday
announced he had quit Parti Keadilan
Rakyat (PKR) to be an independent.
However, he wants to keep the Tour-
ism, Community Development and
Human Resources Committee chairman
post, saying he was appointed by the
Sultan of Kedah.
But that may be wishful thinking as
hours later Mentri Besar Datuk Seri
Azizan Abdul Razak said that he will
seek an audience with the sultan today to
convey PKR’s request that Mohd Radzhi
be dropped as executive councillor.
“It is at the behest of Tuanku (the
sultan) that executive councillors are
appointed and dropped. I will present
PKR’s request for him (Mohd Radzhi)
to be dropped.
“The position remains under the
PKR quota unless PKR wants to give it to
someone else,” he told a news conference
at his office in Alor Star.
Kedah PKR chairman Ahmad Kasim,
who was present, said the Pakatan Rakyat
coalition is even ready to face a by-election.
He also said that he will ask Mohd Radzhi
to resign from the Lunas seat.
In announcing his decision at a hotel in
Kuala Lumpur, Mohd Radzhi said that he
has lost confidence in the PKR leader-
ship and his decision is in keeping with
the dissolution of the PKR Padang Serai
division announced by its acting chief
Jamaludin Abu Hassan, who has quit the
party. Seated next to Mohd Radzhi at the
press conference was Jamaludin.
“As an elected representative, I sym-
pathise with the decision to dissolve
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the division because the members were
responsible for my victory in the general
election,” he said, reports Bernama.
Mohd Radzhi, who beat S. Ananthan
of Barisan Nasional by 10,323 votes
last year, said 14 divisional committee
members and 200 ordinary members
supported the division’s dissolution. “I
am no longer prepared to be in PKR
because I feel responsible along with
the members and, as a division commit-
tee member, I am leaving the party in
support of the decision,” he said.
Mohd Radzhi, who denied that he was
bought over, said he would continue to
serve as an independent assemblyman
and support the federal government.
With the decision, the Kedah assem-
Sports
As an elected
representative, I
sympathise with the
decision to dissolve the
division because the
members were responsible
for my victory in the last
general election.”
– Mohd Radzhi Salleh
bly now has four PKR assemblymen,
two of whom are also state executive
councillors. PAS has 16 assemblymen,
of whom seven are state executive
councillors, and the DAP has one
assemblyman. The Barisan Nasional
has 14 assemblymen.
In Kulim, Himanshu Bhatt reports
that PKR supreme council member and
Padang Serai MP N. Gobalakrishnan
accused Mohd Radzhi of trying to sabotage
PKR over the last year.
“We have not even seen him in
Lunas over the past year. Our grassroots
members have been working overtime
together with me to serve the people,” he
said, when reacting to the bombshell.
He said because of suspicious activi-
ties and actions of Mohd Radzhi, former
Padang Serai division chief Musa Abu
Hassan and Jamaluddin, PKR suspended
the division last month.
He said the timing of Mohd Radzhi’s
announcement, two days before polling
for the Permatang Pasir by-election, also
raises suspicions.