Fourteen lawyers have filed a motion for a committee to be set up during the Bar Council’s coming annual general meeting (AGM) to probe circumstances surrounding private investigator P Balasubramaniam’s second statutory declaration (SD).
The motion was proposed by Wan Hidayati Nadirah Wan Ahmad Nasir and filed yesterday. The Bar AGM is to be held on March 16.
In the motion, the lawyers expressed concern over the details of the circumstances and contents of the two SDs made by Bala (right) issued on March 1 and 4, 2008, that have emerged in recent months.
“The matters (surrounding the SDs) have to date been publicly available on the worldwide web and been the subject of much discussion and consternation among Malaysians,” the motion states.
“If the assertions of Bala and Deepak (Jaikishan) are true, then the preparation of SD2 may amount to acts of criminality under the Penal Code, including perjury, giving false information regarding an offence and obstruction of justice under Part XI of the Penal Code.
“Further, those involved in the purported scheme to coerce Bala to retract SD1 may have engaged in abuse of power and corrupt practices punishable under the Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009,” it says.
The motion details, among others, the private investigator's revelation in his first SD of certain details surrounding the murder of Mongolian interpreter Altantuya Shaariibuu.
Bala has also claimed that his second SD, which serves to retract his first, was made under duress.
Last December, businessman Deepak Jaikishan in media interviews also corroborated Bala’s claims on the preparation of the second SD.
The motion further states: “In this, the advocates and solicitors concerned may have committed criminal offences or aided and abetted the commission of criminal offences.
“In doing so, they would have brought the legal profession into disrepute.”
The motion was proposed by Wan Hidayati Nadirah Wan Ahmad Nasir and filed yesterday. The Bar AGM is to be held on March 16.
In the motion, the lawyers expressed concern over the details of the circumstances and contents of the two SDs made by Bala (right) issued on March 1 and 4, 2008, that have emerged in recent months.“The matters (surrounding the SDs) have to date been publicly available on the worldwide web and been the subject of much discussion and consternation among Malaysians,” the motion states.
“If the assertions of Bala and Deepak (Jaikishan) are true, then the preparation of SD2 may amount to acts of criminality under the Penal Code, including perjury, giving false information regarding an offence and obstruction of justice under Part XI of the Penal Code.
“Further, those involved in the purported scheme to coerce Bala to retract SD1 may have engaged in abuse of power and corrupt practices punishable under the Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009,” it says.
The motion details, among others, the private investigator's revelation in his first SD of certain details surrounding the murder of Mongolian interpreter Altantuya Shaariibuu.
Bala has also claimed that his second SD, which serves to retract his first, was made under duress.
Last December, businessman Deepak Jaikishan in media interviews also corroborated Bala’s claims on the preparation of the second SD.
The motion further states: “In this, the advocates and solicitors concerned may have committed criminal offences or aided and abetted the commission of criminal offences.
“In doing so, they would have brought the legal profession into disrepute.”
The motion has been posted on legal advocacy group Loyar Burok's website.
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