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Sunday, July 6, 2014

Putrajaya will keep promise to send envoy back to NZ, says Hishammuddin

Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein says justice should be seen to be done. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Nazir Sufari, July 6, 2014.Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein says justice should be seen to be done. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Nazir Sufari, July 6, 2014.
Putrajaya is committed to extraditing a junior diplomat to New Zealand to face criminal charges of burglary and attempted rape, Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said today.
He said the government had agreed to send Second Warrant Officer Muhammad Rizalman Ismail back to New Zealand as it was the right thing to do.
"This has been agreed by the cabinet. What is wrong is wrong. Justice not only needs to be done but should also seen to be done," he said.
"Not only should we be fair to the accuser but also to the accused. He should not be tried by the media. The New Zealand authorities have assured that Rizalman will be treated fairly," he said.
However, he could not confirm when Rizalman would return to New Zealand, only saying: "The attorney-general and the New Zealand High Commission are working closely on this.”
Hishammuddin also took a swipe at opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for alleging that the government had attempted to cover up the case.
"This is an allegation by Anwar. I don't know where this is coming from. He said we were trying to cover up many things," he said after opening a MH370 tribute photo exhibition at a mall in Kuala Lumpur.
Rizalman was supposed to be flown back to New Zealand tomorrow but that is now in doubt after doctors ordered more psychiatric tests to be conducted as he seemed withdrawn and depressed, The New Zealand Herald had reported today.
The case made headlines both in Malaysia and New Zealand following reports that Rizalman had returned to Malaysia after invoking diplomatic immunity despite his arrest on May 9 for attempted burglary and sexual assault.
It was also reported that Malaysia had asked New Zealand to drop all charges against Rizalman.
Putrajaya, however, later announced that it had decided to extradite Rizalman.
Meanwhile, a source at Tuanku Mizan Military Hospital in Kuala Lumpur, where Rizalman has been warded since Tuesday, told the Herald yesterday that the diplomat was "not looking good" and might need further psychiatric evaluation.
The paper said a decision on whether Rizalman was fit to stand trial rests with the Malaysian government, and last night New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully was unable to give assurances that the diplomat would return.
-TMI

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