No probe into conspiracy claim
Police cease investigating alleged plot to topple PM due to lack of evidence
SHAH ALAM: Police have stopped its investigation into an alleged conspiracy to topple the Prime Minister as the complainant could not provide any proof.
Umno Youth vice-chief Khairul Azwan Harun, who had lodged a police report against three prominent Malaysians alleging they were conspirators, had done so solely on assumption, according to police.
“He couldn’t furnish us with any proof of his allegation. He might have heard or read the ‘news’ somewhere, which prompted him to lodge the report,” said InspectorGeneral of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar.
“If you can’t provide evidence, don’t lodge a report because it is a waste of our resources,” he told reporters at the Selangor police contingent’s Hari Raya open house yesterday.
Police called Khairul Azwan in on Friday to record a statement over his allegation.
He had named former attorneyTan Sri Abdul Gani Patail, former Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz and former Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief commissioner Tan Sri Abu Kassim Mohamed in his police report.
He alleged that they were involved in a conspiracy to topple Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and the Government.
PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli, however, was unhappy that the investigations had been stopped. He accused Khalid of double standards, pointing to cases when action was taken against him over issues involving Tabung Haji and the Armed Forces Fund (LTAT).
On an unrelated matter, police were looking into claims by two teenagers that they were beaten up by policemen after being picked up to assist in investigations into an assault case.
Khalid said police would take action if there was evidence of misconduct and abuse.
The Star reported on Monday that the boys, aged 14 and 15, claimed they were slapped, kicked and beaten with a rubber hose by three policemen and a policewoman after being stripped naked.
The father of the 14-year-old was quoted as saying that he was shocked to find bruises on his son’s head, hands and legs after bailing him out at the South Klang district police headquarters on Sunday.
Gerald Lazarus, the boys’ lawyer, said the teens were buying drinks outside their school when they were attacked by a group of boys.
He said that some of the attackers were identified as students from several other schools.
The headmaster lodged a police report.