Mohamad Ezam Mohd Nor's scathing speech regarding fugitive financier Jho Low and the investigation surrounding a sex video implicating senior minister Azmin Ali has landed him in trouble with the police.
According to the former senator, he has been summoned to the Bukit Aman federal police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur next Tuesday for questioning.
“An investigation has been initiated over my statements regarding Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador in connection with Jho Low's case and the video,” he told Malaysiakini.
In his speech, posted on social media, Ezam rued how Low, who is dubbed the mastermind behind the 1MDB scandal, still managed to evade authorities and how the sex video case had dragged for too long.
He also warned Abdul Hamid not to be a “political tool” to Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Azmin, who is the international trade and industry minister.
Ezam also recalled how the police chief had been steadfast in discharging his duties in the past and was critical of former premier Najib Abdul Razak, who is facing a deluge of charges related to 1MDB.
Hamid was appointed IGP in 2019 under the Pakatan Harapan government and his term is slated to expire in May this year.
Under the Najib administration, Abdul Hamid, who was the then special branch deputy director, was transferred out from Bukit Aman to the Prime Minister’s Department at the height of the investigations into the 1MDB scandal in 2015.
Meanwhile, Ezam told Malaysiakini that he would take responsibility for his statements and allegations.
“I was merely exercising my moral responsibility as a Malaysian who wants the law to be upheld in a just manner,” he added.
Last November, Abdul Hamid had assured safe passage for the Penang-born Low following leaked recordings in which the financier claimed to be innocent.
Malaysian authorities had charged Low in absentia for money laundering involving a sum of US$1.03 billion (RM4.2 billion) in late 2018.
As for the sex video, Abdul Hamid, in January last year, said police have not closed the file with regard to its investigation.
He said the matter would be left as such until there is new evidence.
He was commenting on former attorney-general Tommy Thomas' decision not to initiate prosecution since the identities of the two men engaging in gay sex in the video were unclear. - Mkini
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