COPS MULLING SETTING UP COMMITTEE
It is to facilitate, oversee fresh probe into case, says deputy IGP
THE Royal Malaysian Police will study if there is a need to set up a committee to monitor the investigation into the murder of Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu.
Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Noor Rashid Ibrahim said the police would review the investigation papers if there were new aspects in the case to proceed with the investigation.
“We will recall earlier witnesses if there is a need and new evidence to facilitate the investigation,” he said after the 40th ExPolice Association of Malaysia annual meeting here yesterday.
He said they would be called up if there were new elements on the case based on the police report lodged by Altantuya’s father, Dr Shaariibuu Setev, recently.
The investigating team would be called up to facilitate the investigation and the possibility of forming a committee to monitor their probe, he said.
Noor Rashid said police would hold talks with the attorney-general on the need to carry out additional investigations and based on new evidence as the court had previously meted out sentences.
Shaariibuu lodged a police report on Friday to allow his daughter’s murder case to be reopened.
On Musa Safri, a former aidede-camp (ADC) of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, said to be a key witness in the case, Noor Rashid said police believed Musa was still in the country.
In another development, Noor Rashid said the police would investigate the seizure of 41 homemade bombs from a pickup lorry in Narathiwat, Thailand, on Thursday, which were allegedly produced in Malaysia.
“If it really comes from here, we have to investigate and take appropriate action to ensure our place is not used to plan terrorist activities.”
On Thursday, Thai police found 41 homemade bombs along with the activator in a pickup lorry detained at a road block at Saring Village in Takbai, Narathiwat and detained the 39-year-old driver.