Scotland Yard to help nab RPK

(The Malay Mail) – The Malaysian police has been in talks with UK’s Scotland Yard for assistance in their bid to nab controversial blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin (RPK) during his trip to London soon.

“Malaysian police have done whatever they can in their power and the matter is now being dealt with by the Attorney-General Chambers,” said Deputy Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar at the Bukit Aman staff monthly gathering this morning.

“Raja Petra is alive and free. We have been hunting him for a while now and this is a good opportunity for us to capture him,” said Ismail.

“We are in touch with Scotland Yard and they know he is highly wanted in our list. A lot of effort have been put in by all parties concerned. Hopefully, if everything goes to plan, we will have him nabbed soon,” said Ismail.

Raja Petra is scheduled to give a discourse in London this Saturday to give an account of his personal experience in campaigning for greater transparency and accountability in Malaysian politics. (More details of the event here).

He will be hosted by the Solicitors International Human Rights Group.

In a flyer promoting Raja Petra’s talk, he was described as the only blogger who has been so systematically targeted for speaking out and fighting for greater democratic space, justice and a more inclusive society in Malaysia.

It also said that for his activism, Raja Petra had been detained twice under the Internal Security Act.

Following the talk, Raja Petra will be signing copies of his book The Silent Roar, A decade of change.