PETALING JAYA: Former inspector-general of police Musa Hassan(pic) wants the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder case reopened following new “evidence”.
He said the case should be reopened following revelations that Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak had instructed senior lawyer Cecil Abraham to prepare the second statutory declaration for former private investigator P Balasubramaniam.
Musa said this when asked if further investigations must be carried out following the startling revelation by the Malaysian Bar last month.
“If there is new evidence… the case must be reopened. Further investigation must be carried out,” Musa told a press conference here.
“So if there is new evidence in this case, then there should be an investigation,” he added.
When asked who had the power and authority to reopen the case, he pointed at the police and the Attorney-General Chamber’s.
“I don’t know what he [Inspector-General of Police Ismail Omar] meant by old stuff put in new way,” Musa said, referring to the former’s statement that there was no need to reopen the case as it was revealed previously that a “Tan Sri” lawyer and his son had been involved in the
preparation of the second SD.
“It must be reopened because there is new evidence,” he added.
The late Balasubramaniam, in his second SD, retracted all his shocking allegations linking Najib to the murder of the Mongolian model.
Balasubramaniam’s lawyer Americk Sidhu claimed he met Abraham who apologised to him (Americk) over the drafting of SD2 and admitted that it was done on the instruction of Najib.
Investigate Lahad Datu allegations
On the Lahad Datu incident, Musa believed the claims that opposition leaders were involved in the incursion must be investigated to clear the matter once and for all.
“They [the government] say that the reports [that opposition leaders are involved] are obtained from overseas. I say they must open an investigation to confirm if they [Pakatan Rakyat leaders] are involved,” Musa said.
“To me, an investigation is to show proof… if there is proof, then action can be taken,” he said.
“If there is no investigation and no proof, then the claims are just slanders. That’s why an investigation is important,” he added.
Musa also believed that a committee should be formed to look into the deaths of the Malaysian security personnel in the incident.
“There is a need to know how they died. Was it their own carelessness or otherwise?” he asked.
“Once we know, this would also serve as a caution for the future,” he said.
Musa blamed the intrusion on “failed intelligence”.
“They [the government] should’ve good intelligence on the gathering, but if it still occurs, then it is a failure of intelligence,” he said.
However, he praised the government and security forces for overcoming the difficult situation “although it was delayed”.
“They still managed to do it. But of course I am sad because quite a number of our police officers and army men died,” he said.
“However, this cannot be helped because we were attacked by the insurgents.”
