Police have ascertained the whereabouts of former Sarawak governor Abdul Taib Mahmud, who was allegedly removed from the hospital by his wife against the doctor’s advice on Saturday.
According to state police commissioner Mancha Ata, the octogenarian was found to be in his private residence in Kuching.
"Tun (Taib) is at his residence in Kuching," he said in a brief text message last night.
Mancha said police investigation into the incident is still ongoing, but declined to comment further.
Taib was reportedly being treated at the Normah Medical Specialist Centre’s intensive care unit in Kuching, when his wife Raghad Kurdi Taib allegedly abducted him late Saturday evening.
According to a police report lodged by a doctor, Raghad had allegedly 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 whereabouts and health condition.
Mancha in a statement on Monday confirmed that police were investigating the reports under Section 336 of the Penal Code for rash or negligent acts that endanger human life or the personal safety of others.
Nurse’s note
Following this, Raghad issued a statement on Instagram denying that she took her husband out of hospital against doctors' advice.
She claimed to have proof in the form of a handwritten nurse's note.
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.
Last year, one of Taib's sons Sulaiman Abdul Rahman filed an injunction seeking to prevent shares in a private company from being transferred to Raghad.
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