Former Sarawak governor Abdul Taib Mahmud has allegedly been abducted from a hospital by a family member.
Police today confirmed that reports had been filed regarding Taib being brought out of the hospital.
According to a police report lodged on Sunday sighted by Malaysiakini, Taib was reportedly being treated at the Normah Medical Specialist Centre’s intensive care unit in Kuching.
Sarawak Police Commissioner Mancha Ata said in a statement that the reports are being investigated under Section 336 of the Penal Code for rash or negligent acts that endanger human life or the personal safety of others.
The report, lodged by a doctor, alleged that late Saturday night, a close family member had removed all medications attached to Taib without alerting hospital staff.
He was then put in a wheelchair and brought out of the hospital.
A second police report by another family member of Taib’s was reportedly lodged on Sunday based on the first report.
According to the second police report, none of Taib’s siblings or four children were made aware of his current whereabouts and health condition.
Taib served as Sarawak’s fourth chief minister from 1981 to 2014 before being appointed as Sarawak’s seventh governor in 2014. He was supposed to remain in office until the end of this month.
However, his term as governor was cut short with the appointment of former Senate president Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar last month.
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