Musa Aman returns home, against doctors’ orders
SABAH CM Shafie Apdal says the law must prevail and that ‘no one should be given immunity’.
KOTA KINABALU: Former Sabah chief minister Tan Sri Musa Aman arrived in the country yesterday after seeking medical treatment overseas.
The Sungai Sibuga assemblyman landed at the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang at 6.45pm from Seletar, Singapore.
Immigration director-general Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali said inspection was conducted on Musa and other passengers.
“However, (he) was unable to present himself at the Immigration checking counter due to health problems. The document inspection on him and other passengers was completed at 7pm,” he said, adding that the department had alerted investigating officers from the police and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission on Musa’s movement.
Mustafar said all flight passengers had given their full cooperation to the officers on duty.
It was learnt that Musa was taken to a private medical facility in Subang where he was expected to receive treatment.
Musa’s political secretary Mohd Joh Wid had said Musa decided to return home from the United Kingdom despite being advised by his doctor not to do so.
Joh, however, said Musa must first to be referred to Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore for follow-up checks.
He said this was because the Singapore hospital had been holding his medical records for the past 30 years.
“Tan Sri Musa Aman will return to the country following his treat- ment at The Clementine Churchill Hospital in London. But it was from the Singapore hospital that I have learnt he had several surgical bypass procedures done in the past and is required to do follow-up checks.
“I felt I needed to address this show that he did not run away. He needed the treatment. One thing about his principle that impressed me was he never revealed his sickness when he was the chief minister,” Joh posted on Facebook.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said Musa must take his oath of office as Sungai Sibuga assemblyman, regardless of his health condition.
He said the state constitution stated that a seat could be declared vacant if an elected representative failed to take his oath within the stipulated period.
“Even though he had an operation, Musa needs to come back and take his oath or else his seat will be vacant. Then , there has to be a by-election. The state constitution is clear on this matter.”
Shafie was replying to a question on whether he would extend the period for Musa to take his assemblyman’s oath after a photograph of him in a hospital emerged on social media yesterday.
Asked whether he knew when Musa would be sworn in, Shafie said: “I just read the news. Speculation has b een there for months that he will be coming back soon, but not sure how soon it will be. What’s important is the law must prevail against those who breach it.”