'ROBBER COPS' LEFT OFF THE HOOK: No action will be taken - AG

PETALING JAYA - No action will be taken against the two palace policemen under probe for a robbery that was foiled by a passer-by in Kelana Jaya three months ago.

The Attorney-General’s Chambers will not prefer charges against them due to insufficient evidence and other legal technicalities.

Petaling Jaya police chief ACP Arjunaidi Mohammed said yesterday that the AG’s Chambers had last week decided that no action be taken against the policemen after scrutinizing the investigation papers filed about a month ago.

He said apart from several undisclosed discrepancies during the course of investigations, both constables apparently proved they were not involved in the robbery.

“The AG had ordered that there be no further action on both policemen.

Strong alibi but the case remains "open"

The policemen have a strong alibi to show they were not involved and were elsewhere at the time the crime occurred. Without sufficient and crucial evidence, charges against them cannot be pursued.

Nevertheless, the case remains open and we will continue following up on the case when we receive fresh evidence or information,” he said.

theSun had frontpaged a story on Aug 27 of an exasperated technician who went to the aid of an unidentified woman who was attacked by two snatch thieves on a motorcycle at Taman Mayang.

Saravanan Batumalai, 27, sped towards the robbers who were tugging the woman’s handbag before ramming into them and their motorcycle.

The woman managed to slip away when the robbers fell but the two confronted Saravanan at knife-point and snatched a gold chain from his neck before fleeing on foot.

The woman, believed to be a foreigner, was never identified as she neither showed up to lodge a report nor came forward to assist in the probe.

But Saravanan could identify them

While lodging a report at the Kelana Jaya police station on the same day, Saravanan was shocked to learn that the motorcycle used by the robbers, which was fitted with false registration plates, belonged to a policeman.

He was asked to help identify the culprits in a police identification parade comprising a dozen policemen a few days later, where he picked out two men, one whom is said to be the owner of the motorcycle.

However, a day after the story was published in theSun, police said in a press conference the policeman who owned the motorcycle told investigators that he had sold the machine to an unidentified man weeks before the robbery.

Saravanan, whose car was badly damaged after running down the robbers’ motorcycle, had told theSun that he recognised the robbers as they were not wearing helmets.

The two policemen, both constables in their 20s were guards at Istana Negara and were allowed to remain on active duty throughout the probe.

The Sundaily