No need for new probe into Copgate, says minister

The home ministry has indeed received a letter from the lawyer of former Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Ramli Yusuff in 2007, but it does not constitute any reason for the ministry to probe the ‘Copgate’ case now.

Responding to questions from reporters on whether the home ministry will open a file on this case, since proof as demanded by the ministry has long been submitted, Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein (right) said the ministry had already done the necessary.

He was referring toMalaysiakini’s report today that a letter detailing the actions of the Attorney-General’s Chambers and the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) that led to the exposure of the identity of police informants who had helped in the arrest of Johor underworld figure Goh Cheng Poh aka Tengku Goh was sent by Ramli on Sept 17, 2007, to the then deputy internal security minister Johari Baharom.

“The matter is not new, a file has already been opened on this case, only that it has been revived again now.

“I have to see whether there are any new facts.

"If what is raised now is the same as the last time, and at the last time there was no action taken by the home ministry, why should I take a different move now?” he said at a press conference in parliament lobby today.

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