Inquest if second MACC death raises doubts, says Najib
By Melissa Chi, Free Malaysia Today
SUNGAI BULOH, April 10 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today an inquest on the death of Customs officer Ahmad Sarbani Mohamed is only necessary if there are doubts about his death, upon completion of a police investigation.
The prime minister was responding to a question about the growing calls from the Opposition to conduct an inquiry on the mysterious death, after officiating the launch of the 1 Malaysia Cardiff City Junior Football League 2011 here.
“We need to do this in stages. The first, we should look at the police investigation report and if there’s a doubt on his death, then only we will have an inquest,” he told reporters.
De facto law minister Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz had scoffed at Pakatan Rakyat’s (PR) immediate call for a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) on Ahmad Sarbani’s death, saying the opposition should also press for a similar panel into the alleged sex video of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Opposition leaders on the other hand had called the death at the MACC office a more serious issue, compared to the recently surfaced sex video.
