‘Diploma holder’ IGP accused of perjury
(Free Malaysia Today) – PKR vice-president R Sivarasa has accused Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan of committing perjury during Anwar Ibrahim’s first sodomy trial in 1998.
In a report filed with the Damansara Utama police station today, the Subang MP claimed that Musa, then a senior police officer who spearheaded the investigations, had told the court that he possessed a degree in law.
“In fact at the time of the trial, he possessed a diploma,” he told reporters.
“The false statement by Musa was material because it influenced his personal credibility in this judicature hearing,” he added.
Sivarasa said Musa had committed an offence under Section 191 Penal Code and could be punished under Section 193.
He urged the police to conduct an investigation “without fear or favour because giving false evidence under oath was an offence”.
