Khairuddin rushed to hospital, no visitors allowed, says lawyer

Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan, who was detained by police under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (Sosma), was rushed to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital this evening. – The Malaysian Insider filepic, September 25, 2015. 

Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan, who was detained by police under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (Sosma), was rushed to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital this evening.

His lawyer, Matthias Chang told The Malaysian Insider that he received a call from the police at 5pm informing him that Khairuddin was rushed to hospital.

"He is not allowed any visitors. I have not received any information on his condition," Chang said.

Khairuddin, the sacked Umno Batu Kawan deputy chief, was first arrested by police at his home in Mont Kiara last Friday.

Earlier on the same day, he and Chang were barred from leaving the country by Immigration officers at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar had said Khairuddin was detained as his move to use foreign enforcement agencies to put pressure on Malaysia over the 1Malaysia Development Berhad issue could be deemed as an act of sabotage against the country.

Khairuddin first lodged a police report against the Finance Ministry-owned 1MDB, which has debts of RM42 billion, in December last year, and was subsequently sacked from Umno for being declared a bankrupt.

He recently lodged reports with authorities in Hong Kong, Switzerland, France and the United Kingdom against the troubled firm, of which Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is advisory board chairman.

It was reported that he was on his way to meet Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) officials in the United States when he was barred from leaving the country.

He was remanded for six days after his arrest on Friday, and on Wednesday, was re-arrested under Sosma just as he walked out of a courtroom at the Jalan Duta court complex where a magistrate had released him.

Under Sosma, a suspect can be detained without trial for up to 30 days.

- TMI