Malaysia may soon come to be known as a land where suspected murder masterminds walk free, while activists languish behind bars.
The murder of prominent banker Hussein Ahmad Najadi shook the nation two years ago, and as most of us know, a cabbie and a hitman were arrested and charged in connection with the murder.
However, police said there was a mastermind behind it, and the man was recently freed by the Malaysian government, when he set foot here after more than two years on the run.
News reports quoted DAP’s Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo as questioning the government’s recent decision to arrest and then release, without charging, the 55-year-old suspect.
According to a report in Kwong Wah Yit Poh which Gobind cited, the suspect was picked up at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) two weeks ago upon his arrival from China, but the deputy public prosecutor (DPP) decided to not pursue charges.
“What has happened? The main suspect was arrested and then released, no action was taken. It’s not me who said he was the main suspect, it is the police.
“Let me just ask the Prime Minister’s Department, how do we assure citizens of this country that justice will prevail when they arrest the main suspects in cases and then release them just like that, without any action?” he asked.
Pascal Najadi, Gobind
Gobind is also acting as a lawyer to Najadi’s son Pascal, who is on an on-going quest to unmask the real culprits behind his father’s murder.
This alleged mastermind was sought by the police, who gave him a week to surrender after the gunning down two years ago.
However, the suspect managed to flee to Australia, just days after the murder and eventually settled down in China.
The Malaysian police were reported as saying that they will seek the help of Interpol to track down the suspect and placed him under the red notice of the wanted list.
Another murder case that shocked Malaysians: DPP Kevin Morais who was rumored to be working closely with sacked AG Gani Patail on the framing of corruption charges against Najib was kidnapped and murdered. Apandi Ali, the new AG appointed by Najib to replace Gani, has denied Morais was involved in the probe on the 1MDB corruption debacle, in which Najib was implicated, and the police have arrested a military doctor for allegedly killing the DPP. However, Kevin's family have refused to claim his body until an independent autopsy is conducted. Gani himself made a rare public appearance to pay his last respects to Kevin and despite the swirling rumors, did not deny or confirm any connection to the 1MDB probe. - MC
While it remains mysterious how a suspect wanted for masterminding a murder managed to flee and settled down overseas after a killing, his recent arrest and release raises even bigger questions.
A simple check on the Interpol website reveals that Lim is no longer listed on the red notice, or anywhere else in the wanted list.
Such notices are put up upon request of the country where suspects are wanted in – which means the bounty on the alleged mastermind’s head could have been withdrawn by the requesting country for reasons best known to the powers that be.
This is made all the more weird by the fact that the wanted list still contains details of Malaysian criminals who are already in custody in overseas countries, such as Sirul Azhar Umar and Michael Soosai.
Razak Baginda, a close aide of Najib's, was controversially acquitted of murdering Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu. However, 2 of Najib's bodyguards were found guilty and sentenced to hang. One of them, Sirul Azhar, has been reported as saying he was ordered to kill her. Najib has denied ever knowing Altantuya, yet public suspicion against him is so strong that even former premier Mahathir Mohamad has questioned him and openly asked the key question - 'who ordered Altantuya to be killed'. The Mongolian model was trying to blackmail Baginda over the billion-dollar Scorpene submarines acquisition by the Malaysian government and the deal was being overseen by Najib, who was then the Defence minister. - MC
Who is this mastermind and why is he being accorded such special treatment?
Was Najadi’s murder simply a case of land deal gone wrong, or did it have more sinister motives behind it?
The questions have been playing for two years, but the answers seem nowhere in sight. - http://theantdaily.com
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