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KUANTAN, Tues: Police do not dismiss the possibility that missing private
investigator P. Balasubramaniam who recently made two statutory declarations
relating to the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder case, is now overseas.
Federal Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Mohd
Bakri Zinin said Bukit Aman had contacted Interpol, besides monitoring
Malaysia’s entry and exit points to trace Balasubramaniam.
“We are still searching for him and want to take a statement from him on the
statutory declarations he made recently,” he said after attending the ceremony
for the handing-over of duties of the Pahang police chief here today.
Pahang deputy police chief Datuk Robiah Abdul Ghani is now Acting Chief Police
Officer after Datuk Ayob Mohamed goes on leave before retiring on Sept 8.
Balasubramaniam, a former Special Branch detective, had on July 1 signed a
statutory declaration (SD) linking Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun
Razak with the murdered Mongolian interpreter, and which was made public at a
press conference held at the Parti Keadilan Rakyat headquarters last Thursday.
He, however, retracted the SD in another sworn statement the
next day.
Mohd Bakri said at the moment police were getting statements from individuals
who last met Balasubramaniam.
He said police had no intention of putting unnecessary pressure on
Balasubramaniam but only to expedite the investigations.
“And we assure him that we will give him safety protection, just like we have
done for Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, the former aide of the PKR advisor.
“If he is scared, he can come with his lawyer, and if he asks for safety
guarantee, we will fully cooperate with him by giving him security protection,”
he said.
On the claim by Balasubramaniam’s nephew R. Sega that someone might be hiding
him, Mohd Bakri declined to comment other than saying that police would not act
on assumptions.
On investigations into the sodomy allegation involving Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim,
he said police had recorded statements from 18 witnesses, including the doctors
who had examined Mohd Saiful, and more individuals were expected to be called to
have their statements taken.
Asked whether police would call Anwar for the same purpose, Mohd Bakri said: “We
have to first record the statements from witnesses....we’ll see, we’ll study and
then we will do the same (on Anwar).”
The CID chief is also asking other individuals involved to come forward with
information without police having to go after them as provided for under Section
111 of the Penal Code.
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