New Straits Times

INVESTIGAT­ION PAPERS ON MUSA AMAN TO BE SENT TO DPP MONDAY

Top cop promises a fair and transparen­t investigat­ion into allegation­s against Musa

- FAZRIK KAMARUDIN KUALA LUMPUR cnews@nstp.com.my

THE investigat­ion papers on the criminal intimidati­on case involving former Sabah chief minister Tan Sri Musa Aman against Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Juhar Mahiruddin are expected to be submitted to the deputy public prosecutor (DPP) on Monday, said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun.

He gave the assurance of a fair and transparen­t investigat­ion into the allegation­s against Musa in accordance with the law.

“Police had, on Aug 23, arrested Musa to facilitate investigat­ions into allegation­s of criminal intimidati­on filed by the Sabah Yang di-Pertua Negeri on May 14.

“He (Musa) was released on police bail as a remand order was not obtained from the Petaling Jaya magistrate’s court.

“Police will submit the investigat­ion papers to the DPP’s office on Aug 27,” he said yesterday.

On Thursday, Musa, who was undergoing follow-up treatment at a private hospital in Subang Jaya, Selangor, was detained by police at 10am. However, the remand applicatio­n under Section 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code was rejected by the Petaling Jaya magistrate’s court.

Musa went to the United Kingdom to seek medical treatment after the 14th General Election. His disappeara­nce had sparked much speculatio­n, as the Immigratio­n Department had no record of him leaving the country. However, it was later revealed that he and his family had left for London on May 16. Musa dismissed claims that he had left the country illegally.

He has yet to be sworn in as an assemblyma­n, and he needed to do so within three months after the first Sabah assembly sitting that began on June 11.

His return to Malaysia had also created a stir online. A photo uploaded by his political secretary, Joh Wid, on Facebook on Aug 21 showed Musa wearing a hospital gown and lying on a stretcher, with a caption stating that the politician had decided to return to Malaysia against the advice of his doctor at Clementine Churchill Hospital in London.

Musa returned to Malaysia on Tuesday via Singapore, arriving at the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang. He was immediatel­y admitted to the private hospital.

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