KUALA LUMPUR - It’s high time for Kuala Lumpur to put its foot down and demand that Canberra deport Sirul Azhar Umar, the fugitive killer, on the next available flight home, stressed a former Political Editor in his blog posting. “Otherwise every convicted killer and conman would be making his or her way to Australia.”
”Can you do that Mr Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak or are you too busy with the 1MDB scandal?,” asks Firdaus Abdullah, a former Political Editor with the New Straits Times.
He was pointing out that the former police commando, who has a noose hanging over his head here for the murder of Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu, has been under the protection of Australian authorities since his arrest.
He was also commenting on the fact that Australian police investigators sprung into action almost immediately when news of an alleged high level corruption ring involving locals and a few prominent Malaysians broke. “We must salute the Australian police for their admirable professionalism and urgency in striving to nail the crooks, no matter who they are,” he said in gushing admiration.
”This latest Australian episode gives us an inside to not only the level of professionalism but also the Australian authorities’ strict adherence to the maxim ‘not leaving any stone unturned in seeking truth’.”
Questions have now been raised if the Australian police had in fact notified their Malaysian counterparts before the scam was exposed by The Age newspaper, he added. “This is another affirmation that the Australian authorities are always ‘on the ball’.”
”I am certain the relevant authorities on our side would be responding to the queries to avoid any allegation of attempts to sweep things under the carpet.”
In retrospect, he noted that it has been more than five months since Sirul was detained in Brisbane. “In five months Sirul has met and spoke with countless Australian officers and some Malaysians.”
It was learned, he disclosed, that the Australians have been moving the convicted murderer of Altantuya between a few detention centers and Australian intelligence units safe-houses for safety reasons, while regularly recording fresh inputs and statements.
”It seems an individual with the initial RB has been highlighted in some latest detailed statements.”
The investigators, it was learned, have also got hold of a few Statutory Declarations which were made in relation to the murder of Altantuya, including a sworn statement that was said to have corroborated Sirul’s statement.
Legally, he conceded, “this was all hearsay”.
An exclusive video interview has also been recorded on Sirul’s own request, according to a Melbourne-based journalist who is currently pursuing the Australian culprits in the Mara-linked property scam, he continued. ”Can we now expect the Australian media to come up with an expose of yet another long-running Malaysian scandal?”
“We must put an immediate stop to all such humiliation. We have #Nothing2Hide.” - FMT
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